Organic Reaction Mechanisms, 2002
Subtitle: An Annual Survey Covering the Literature Dated January to December 2002 (Organic Reaction Mechanisms Series)
Publisher: Wiley
Published: March 31, 2006
Language: eng
Number of pages: 664
ISBN-13: 9780470022030
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.