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Reduction of 1,2-diketones with titanium tetraiodide:: a simple approach to α-hydroxy ketones

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TETRAHEDRON LETTERS
Volume 41, Issue 41, Pages 7939-7942

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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)01385-X

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1,2-diketones; titanium tetraiodide; alpha-hydroxy ketones

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1,2-Diketones are readily reduced with titanium tetraiodide to give alpha-hydroxy ketones in good to excellent yields. Regioselectivity on the reduction of unsymmetrical substrates is also discussed. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

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