Direct Coupling Reaction of Diaryl Methanol with Ketones or Aldehydes Catalyzed by AlCl3 |
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| Authors: | Zhiqiang Zhu Peng Bai Tiantian Wang Zhizhen Huang |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310028, China |
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| Abstract: | A novel coupling reaction of diaryl methanols with ketones or aldehydes has been developed under the catalysis of AlCl3. Various ketones and aldehydes could couple with 9H-xanthen-9-ol smoothly, affording coupling products in 48% –88% yields. A plausible mechanism using AlCl3 to activate both diaryl methanol and ketone or aldehyde is proposed. |
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| Keywords: | coupling reaction alcohol ketone aldehyde AlCl3 catalysis |
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