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A facile one-pot synthesis of symmetrical and unsymmetrical acetaldehyde acetals from primary alcohols
Guy,DiPietro
, p. 687 - 692 (2007/10/02)
Initial formation of a vinyl ether 2 by treatment of a primary alcohol 1 with ethyl vinyl ether in the presence of mercury (II) acetate followed by treatment with the same or a different alcohol in the presence of p-toluenesulfonic acid affords the symmetrical and unsymmetrical acetaldehyde acetals 3 in good overall yield. The method is easily scaled up and represents a significant improvement over currently available procedures.