Aldol reaction via in situ olefin migration in water

✍ Scribed by Mingwen Wang; Chao-Jun Li

• Book ID: 104250981
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 54 KB
• Volume: 43
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(02)00562-2

✦ Synopsis

In the presence of a catalytic amount of RuCl 2 (PPh 3 ) 3 , aldehydes reacted with allyl alcohols to give aldol-type products in water and under an atmosphere of air.