Pinacol reduction-cum-rearrangement. A re-examination of the reduction of aryl alkyl ketones by zinc–aluminum chloride
作者:Anya A. Grant、Myron Allukian、Albert J. Fry
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4039(02)00737-2
日期:2002.6
Reduction of alkyl phenyl ketones by zinc and aluminum chloride in acetonitrile results in pinacol condensation followed by rearrangement. The phenyl group migrates in every instance.