Organisch-Chemisches Institut der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstraße 40, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Jan 7;47(1):573-5. doi: 10.1039/c0cc02416c. Epub 2010 Nov 1.
The N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed coupling of several aldehydes with paraformaldehyde is reported, directly providing the corresponding valuable hydroxymethyl ketones. Results of first mechanistic experiments for this remarkably selective transformation are also provided.
报道了 N-杂环卡宾催化多种醛与多聚甲醛的偶联反应,可直接得到相应的有价值的羟甲基酮。还提供了对此高度选择性转化的首次机理实验结果。