- In
organic chemistry,
acyloins or α-hydroxy
ketones are a
class of
organic compounds of the
general form R−C(=O)−CR'(OH)−R",
composed of a
hydroxy group...
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Acyloin condensation is a
reductive coupling of two
carboxylic esters using impure metallic sodium to
yield an α-hydroxyketone, also
known as an acyloin...
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between aromatic aldehydes or glyoxals, and
results in
formation of an
acyloin. In the
classic example,
benzaldehyde is
converted to benzoin. The benzoin...
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succinate is a
particularly versatile building block. It parti****tes in
acyloin condensation to give 2-hydroxycyclobutanone. Via
condensation with oxalate...
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compounds with
various aromas. As such it
finds some use as a flavoring.
Acyloin, the
simplest secondary α-hydroxy ketone. Nodzu,
Ryuzaburo (1935). "On...
-
hydroxyketones and
alpha hydroxy imines.
Reactions of type 4 are also
called acyloin rearrangements.
While similar to the
pinacol rearrangement, the semipinacol...
- synthetically. They
readily react with the
neutral aldehyde to form an
acyloin dimer. Hence,
synthetic chemists have
developed various acyl
anion synthetic...
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Normally such
compounds are
disfavored components in
equilibria with
acyloins. One
special case is catechol,
where the C=C
subunit is part of an aromatic...
- nitriles.
Pairs of
esters are
coupled to give α-hydroxyketones in the
acyloin condensation As a class,
esters serve as
protecting groups for carboxylic...
- n-hexyl
radical attacked by oxygen). In one
study the
photolysis of an
acyloin derivative in
water in
presence of
hydrogen tetrachloroaurate (HAuCl4)...
