Abstract
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.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 687-692 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Synthetic Communications |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 1 1992 |
| Externally published | Yes |