Organic Reaction Mechanisms
Contributors: A. C. Knipe (Editor); W. E. Watts (Editor)
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd; Wiley
Published: February 18, 1981
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 770
ISBN-13: 9780471278184
Subjects: Organic chemistry; Chemistry - General; Science
First sentence: 2,4,4,6-Tetrabromo-2,5-cyclohexadienone (1, TABCO) is an efficient and chemoselective catalyst for the acetalization (and transacetalization) of carbonyl compounds and for the preparation of acetonides from epoxides and acylals from aldehydes.