Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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180679 | Electrochemistry Communications | 2009 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
N-heterocyclic carbenes generated by electrochemical reduction under galvanostatic control of 1,3-dialkylimidazolium-based ionic liquids were employed as organocatalysts in the benzoin condensation reaction. Benzoin was isolated in a good yield (84%) by a catalytic amount of carbene (20%). The use of toxic, volatile molecular solvents as well as any addition of bases has been avoided.
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Authors
Monica Orsini, Isabella Chiarotto, Mikhail N. Elinson, Giovanni Sotgiu, Achille Inesi,