Cobalt(II) chloride catalysed coupling of acetic anhydride with aldehydes. A novel synthesis of asymmetrical 1,2-diones

1 January 1987

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications

No. 9,p. 692-693
https://doi.org/10.1039/c39870000692

Abstract

Cobalt(II) chloride in acetonitrile efficiently catalyses the coupling of acetic anhydride with various aldehydes to the corresponding 1,2-diones in very high yields.

Keywords

CATALYSES
ACETONITRILE
CORRESPONDING
EFFICIENTLY
ASYMMETRICAL
COBALT
CHLORIDE CATALYSED COUPLING

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