Scandium(III) trifluoromethanesulfonate-catalysed reductive Friedel–Crafts benzylation of aromatic compounds using arenecarbaldehydes and propane-1,3-diol
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications
- No. 20,p. 2345-2346
- https://doi.org/10.1039/cc9960002345
Abstract
Scandium(III) trifluoromethanesulfonate catalyses the Friedel–Crafts benzylation of aromatic compounds with arenecarbaldehydes and propane-1,3-diol to produce, through a clean redox process, diarylmethanes in high to excellent yields.Keywords
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