ChemInform Abstract: Aluminum-Mediated Reductive Dimerization of Aromatic Dialdehydes.

✍ Scribed by Daniel A. Sahade; Takatoshi Kawaji; Tsuyoshi Sawada; Shuntaro Mataka; Thies Thiemann; Takehito Tsukinoki; Masashi Tashiro

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2010
• Weight: 27 KB
• Volume: 30
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0931-7597
• DOI: 10.1002/chin.199934120

✦ Synopsis

Aluminum-Mediated Reductive Dimerization of Aromatic Dialdehydes.

-The 1,2-diols (II) and (III) of the pinacol coupling reaction with inexpensive aluminum powder are accompanied by minor amounts of polymerization products. -(SAHADE, DANIEL A.