Ethylene glycol: A powerful catalyst-free medium for C-C bond-forming reactions

  • Yun Lin Liu
  • , Xing Ping Zeng
  • , Jian Zhou*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A good EG: Ethylene glycol (EG) is a catalyst-free medium that can promote the highly efficient Strecker reaction of α-CF 2H or α-CF 3 ketoimines and TMSCN. EG was used in several reactions, including the catalyst-free Morita-Baylis-Hillman reaction.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1759-1763
Number of pages5
JournalChemistry - An Asian Journal
Volume7
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2012

Keywords

  • C-C coupling
  • Strecker reaction
  • ethylene glycol
  • homogeneous reactions
  • solvent effects

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