Matsumura, Yoshihiro published the artcileStereoselective homocoupling of phenylacetic acid derivatives utilizing electrochemically generated base, Quality Control of 594-81-0, the publication is Electrochimica Acta (1997), 42(13-14), 2233-2239, database is CAplus.
Electrochem. generated base (EGB) was cathodically prepared from pyrrolidone, and it was used as an efficient base to generate an anion of Me phenylacetate. The anion was oxidized by iodine to afford di-Me 2,3-diphenylsuccinate in high yield and high dl selectivity. Optically active 2,3-diphenylsuccinic acid derivatives was prepared by this EGB/iodine method. The oxidative homocoupling of Me phenylacetate was also achieved with a catalytic amount of iodine by using an electrochem. mediator system.
Electrochimica Acta published new progress about 594-81-0. 594-81-0 belongs to bromides-buliding-blocks, auxiliary class Bromide,Aliphatic hydrocarbon chain, name is 2,3-Dibromo-2,3-dimethylbutane, and the molecular formula is C6H12Br2, Quality Control of 594-81-0.
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