An efficient route to aliphatic 2,2-dichloroaldehydes via chlorination of aldehydes or alcohols with the system Cl-2/quaternary ammonium chloride

F Bellesia, L De Buyck, F Ghelfi, U M Pagnoni, A F Parsons, A Pinetti

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Abstract

An effective and low waste method for preparing aliphatic 2,2-dichloroaldehydes has been achieved by halogenation of aldehydes or alcohols with Cl-2, using tetraalkylammonium chlorides as recoverable catalysts.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2173-2178
Number of pages6
JournalSYNTHESIS-STUTTGART
Issue number14
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Oct 2003

Keywords

  • alcohols
  • aldehydes
  • halogen
  • halogenation
  • halide
  • ELECTROPHILIC REAGENTS
  • SULFURYL CHLORIDE
  • TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM TRICHLORIDE
  • POLYHALOFUNCTIONAL COMPOUNDS
  • ASYMMETRIC-SYNTHESIS
  • ORGANIC-SYNTHESIS
  • N-ALKYLATION
  • SALTS
  • REARRANGEMENT
  • CATALYSIS

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