Synthesis 2015; 47(12): 1749-1760
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1380155
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Synthesis of Ethers from Carbonyl Compounds by Reductive Etherification Catalyzed by Iron(III) and Silyl Chloride

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  • Risto Savela

    Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Åbo Akademi University, 20500 Åbo, Finland   eMail: reko.leino@abo.fi
  • Reko Leino*

    Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Åbo Akademi University, 20500 Åbo, Finland   eMail: reko.leino@abo.fi
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Received: 07. November 2014

Accepted after revision: 15. Januar 2015

Publikationsdatum:
18. Februar 2015 (online)


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Abstract

A simple iron- and silyl chloride catalyzed method for the preparation of symmetrical and nonsymmetrical ethers is presented. Various aldehydes and ketones were reductively etherified by using triethylsilane as a reducing agent in the presence of 2 mol% of iron(III) oxo acetate and 8 mol% of chloro(trimethyl)silane. The reactions can be carried out at ambient temperatures and pressures with ethyl acetate as the solvent.

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