All articles of this category A variety of aldehydes react with acid anhydrides in the presence of a catalytic amount of lithium tetrafluoroborate to afford the corresponding geminal dicarboxylates (acylals) in good to excellent yields. acylals - aldehydes - chemoselectivity - Lewis acids - lithium tetrafluoroborate
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