Abstract

Abstract Copolymer beads of styrene and divinylbenzene (5–7%) were synthesized and combined with titanium tetrachloride in CS 2 to form a stable complex. The PS/TiCl 4 complex was used as a mild and efficient polymer-supported Lewis acid catalyst for the preparation of 1,1-diacetates from various types of aldehydes under heterogeneous conditions at room temperature. Deprotection of the resulting 1,1-diacetates has also been achieved using the same catalyst in methanol. This new protocol has the advantages of easy availability, stability, reusability of the eco-friendly catalyst, high to excellent yields, chemoselectivity, simple experimental and work-up procedure. Moreover, this polymeric catalyst could be recovered easily and reused several times without significant loss in activity.

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