1,3-Bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)imidazolium chloride in combination with triethylamine: an improved catalytic system for hydroacylation/reduction of activated ketones
作者:M. Sreenivasulu、K. Arun Kumar、K. Sateesh Reddy、K. Siva Kumar、P. Rajender Kumar、K.B. Chandrasekhar、Manojit Pal
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2010.12.022
日期:2011.2
A rapid, economic, and high yielding methodology has been developed for hydroacylation/reduction of activated ketones by using 1,3-bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)imidazolium chloride as a catalyst in combination with triethylamine. The reaction proceeded at an ambient temperature via generating N-heterocyclic carbene in situ that interacted with the (hetero)aryl aldehyde employed. While the reduction of ketones takes place in MeOH, the hydroacylation process was found to be effective in THF for both electron rich and deficient aldehydes. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.