Development of a robust reagent for the two-carbon homologation of aldehydes to (E)-[small alpha],[small beta]-unsaturated aldehydes in water

Green Chem., 2013, 15,3146-3149
DOI: 10.1039/C3GC41383G, Communication
James McNulty, Carlos Zepeda-Velazquez, David McLeod
Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, McMaster University, 1280 main Street West, Hamilton, Canada
Synthesis of a new pinacolacetal-phosphonium salt and its reaction with aldehydes in water to give homologated acetals and two-carbon homologated unsaturated aldehydes is presented.

Development of a robust reagent for the two-carbon homologation of aldehydes to (E)-[small alpha],[small beta]-unsaturated aldehydes in water

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Synthesis of a new pinacolacetal-phosphonium salt and its reaction with aldehydes to give homologated acetals and two-carbon homologated unsaturated aldehydes is presented. The chemistry takes place in water under mild conditions and the sequence can be performed in one-flask operation.

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