Abstract
Treatment of a mixture of alkyl aldehydes ( 1 ) with acid chlorides ( 2 ) in the presence of zinc metal powder and a catalytic amount of chlorotrimethylsilane (TMSCl) in dichloromethane brought about highly facile and effective coupling to give selectively the corresponding α-haloacylation and gem-bisacylation products, α-haloalkyl carboxylates and 1,1-dicarboxylates (acylals), in good to excellent yields.
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