A highly stereoselective pinacolization
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Yuichi Handa; Junji Inanaga
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Article
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1987
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Elsevier Science
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French
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Reduction of Cp2TiC12 with s-BuMgCl in THF gave a greenish deep brown solution which has been found to promote the reductive homocoupling of aromatic and a+-unsaturated aldehydes to yield symmetrical 1,2-diols with high threo-selectivity. threo-1,2-Diols have, after resolution, frequently been utili