- In
organic chemistry,
acyloins or α-hydroxy
ketones are a
class of
organic compounds of the
general form R−C(O)CH(OH)−R',
composed of a
hydroxy group (−OH)...
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Acyloin condensation is a
reductive coupling of two
carboxylic esters using impure metallic sodium to
yield an α-hydroxyketone, also
known as an acyloin...
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aromatic aldehydes or
glyoxals (OCH=CHO), and
results in
formation of an
acyloin (−C(O)CH(OH)−). In the
classic example,
benzaldehyde is
converted to benzoin...
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succinate is a
particularly versatile building block. It parti****tes in
acyloin condensation to give 2-hydroxycyclobutanone. Via
condensation with oxalate...
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hydroxyketones and
alpha hydroxy imines.
Reactions of type 4 are also
called acyloin rearrangements.
While similar to the
pinacol rearrangement, the semipinacol...
- sixteen-member ring hydrocarbon. It can be
prepared from the
large ring
acyloin by
reduction with zinc amalgam. Ham,
Peter (2001). "Zinc Amalgam". Encyclopedia...
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Normally such
compounds are
disfavored components in
equilibria with
acyloins. One
special case is catechol,
where the C=C
subunit is part of an aromatic...
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compounds with
various aromas. As such it
finds some use as a flavoring.
Acyloin, the
simplest secondary α-hydroxy ketone. Nodzu,
Ryuzaburo (1935). "On...
- pyrolysis.
Pairs of
esters are
coupled to give α-hydroxyketones in the
acyloin condensation As a class,
esters serve as
protecting groups for carboxylic...
- and R−C(=O)−CH2−CH(OH)−R' (beta). Alpha-hydroxy
ketones are also
called acyloins. They are
commonly formed by
condensation or
reductive coupling of two...
