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Reductive Coupling of Carbonyl Compounds to Pinacols with Zinc in THF-Saturated Aqueous Ammonium Chloride

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 In the presence of metallic zinc, aldehydes and ketones experience reductive coupling in tetrahydrofuran-saturated aqueous ammonium chloride (5:3) to afford the corresponding pinacols in moderate to high yields.

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  1.  Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Azzahra University, Vanak, Tehran, Iran, , , , , , IR

    Rahim Hekmatshoar, Yahya S. Beheshtiha & Majid M. Heravi

  2.  Department of Chemistry, University of Tarbiat Modarres, Tehran, Iran, , , , , , IR

    Issa Yavari

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  1. Rahim Hekmatshoar
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Received October 23, 2000. Accepted (revised) December 12, 2000

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Hekmatshoar, R., Yavari, I., Beheshtiha, Y. et al. Reductive Coupling of Carbonyl Compounds to Pinacols with Zinc in THF-Saturated Aqueous Ammonium Chloride. Monatshefte fuer Chemie 132, 689–691 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s007060170083

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