Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 1994, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (1): 67.

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Studies on the Application of Lanthanoid Metal to Organic Reactions──The Reaction of NdCl3/Lithium Naphthalide System with Carbonyl Compounds

BAO Jian-Chun, ZHANG Jin-Ju, BEI Mei-Zhi   

  1. Department of Chemistry, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210024
  • Received:1993-03-14 Revised:1993-08-16 Online:1994-01-24 Published:1994-01-24

Abstract: The active neodymium metal(Nd*) prepared by the reduction of anhydrous NdCl3 with LiNp(LiNp=Lithium Naphthalide)shows a higher reactivity in its reaction with carbonyl compounds.The reaction of Nd* with carbonyl compounds followed by hydrolysis,produces the corresponding alcohols,pinacols and alkenes depending not only on the nature of the carbonyl compounds but also on the molar ratio of Nd*:RCOR' and the reaction time and temperature.The reaction of benzophenone with Nd* is studied in detail.The effect of.the different molar ratios of Nd*:RCOR' or adding the ligand or changing the solvent shows different selectivities of the reaction,The mechanism of the reaction of Nd* with benzophenone is discussed.

Key words: Active neodymium metal, Lithium naphthalide, Carbonyl compound

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