Lewis Base-Promoted Aldol Reaction of Dimethylsilyl Enolates in Aqueous Dimethylformamide: Use of Calcium Chloride as a Lewis Base Catalyst
- 1 January 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Vol. 124 (4), 536-537
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ja017218l
Abstract
In the presence of CaCl2, dimethylsilyl (DMS) enolates smoothly reacted with aldehydes under mild conditions to give aldol adducts in good to high yields. The catalytic activities of various metal and tetrabutylammonium salts have revealed that CaCl2 works as a Lewis base catalyst to activate DMS enolates. The CaCl2-promoted reaction proceeded even in the presence of water or in pure water. This catalytic system was applicable to the aldol reaction with aqueous aldehydes such as formalin.Keywords
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