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In the presence of sec- or tert-alkoxysilane and a catalytic amount of trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate (TMSOTf), carbonyl compounds react with various diols to give acetals in high yields.
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Kurihara et al. (1995) studied this question.
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