Bromoform Activation. TiCl4–Mg-Promoted CHBr2– and CBr3– Transfer to a Variety of Aldehydes and Ketones
摘要:
TiCl4-Mg can mediate addition of CHBr3 to a variety of aldehydes and ketones to form dibromomethyl carbinols and also be used to effect CBr3 transfer to carbonyl groups to form tribromomethyl carbinols. The successful application of TiCl4-Mg-promoted coupling of CHBr3 with various carbonyl compounds, especially in the case of highly enolizable ketones such as 2-indanone and beta-tetralone, highlights the extraordinary reactivity and selectivity and the weakly basic nature of this system.