Allylation of a variety of carbonyl compounds with allylic halides could be induced by Cu(II)-Mg to give corresponding homoallylic alcohols with high chemoselectivity. Cu(II)Mg/THF-H2O was found to be an efficient reduction system of aldehyde to alcohol.
Copyright:Copyright [1995]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.