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A trinuclear complex derived from titanocene chloride and magnesium bromide is an efficient catalyst for the pinacol coupling of aromatic aldehydes; the 1,2-diols are obtained with good diastereoselectivity and a wide variety of sensitive functional groups are tolerated.
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