Abstract
The intermolecular crossed pinacol coupling of aromatic ketones with aliphatic aldehydes and ketones was effected by electroreduction in the presence of chlorotrimethylsilane. The best result was obtained using a Pb cathode in Bu 4NPF 6/THF. The electroreduction of aromatic 1,4-, 1,5-, and 1,6-diketones under the same conditions gave four-, five-, and six-membered 1,2-diols with trans-stereoselectivity, while the reduction of these diketones with TiCl 4–Zn produced the cis-isomers of the same intramolecular crossed pinacol coupling products predominantly.
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