Synthesis 2020; 52(14): 2121-2126
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1690883
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

α-Chymotrypsin-Induced Acetalization of Aldehydes and Ketones with Alcohols

Jin Lan
,
Guofang Jiang
,
Jiangnan Yang
,
Haibo Zhu
,
Zhanggao Le
Department of Applied Chemistry, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, Jiangxi, P. R. of China   Email: zhgle@ecut.edu.cn   Email: zbxie@ecut.edu.cn
,
Zongbo Xie
Department of Applied Chemistry, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, Jiangxi, P. R. of China   Email: zhgle@ecut.edu.cn   Email: zbxie@ecut.edu.cn
› Author Affiliations
National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21462001 and 11765002) and the Projects of Jiangxi Provincial Department of Science and Technology (No. 20181BBH80007 and 20192BBH80012).
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Publication History

Received: 04 February 2020

Accepted after revision: 23 March 2020

Publication Date:
06 April 2020 (online)


Abstract

This is the first report of a simple and general method for acetalization­ of aldehydes via an α-chymotrypsin-induced reaction under mild conditions. A broad range of aromatic and heteroaromatic aldehydes have been acetalized under neutral conditions in good yields using a catalytic amount of chymotrypsin.

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