Synlett 2019; 30(15): 1810-1814
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1690497
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Formation of Acetals and Ketals from Carbonyl Compounds: A New and Highly Efficient Method Inspired by Cationic Palladium

Enoch A. Mensah
School of Natural Sciences, Indiana University Southeast, 4201 Grant Line Road, New Albany, IN 47150, USA   Email: mensahe@ius.edu
,
Shawn D. Green
,
Jesse West
,
Tyler Kindoll
,
Brenda Lazaro-Martinez
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Publication History

Received: 25 June 2019

Accepted after revision: 09 July 2019

Publication Date:
23 July 2019 (online)


Abstract

The development of a new, highly efficient, and simple method for masking carbonyl groups as acetals and ketals is described. This methodology relies on the nature of the palladium catalyst to direct the acetalization/ketalization reaction. This new protocol is mild and proceed with a very low catalyst loading at ambient temperatures. The method has been extended to a wide variety of different carbonyl compounds with various steric encumbrances to form the corresponding acetals and ketals in excellent yields.

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