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Offline Shikimic

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Pinacol Reaction
« on: September 04, 2010, 07:49:31 AM »
Hi, I was wondering if it's possible to use metals other than Mg to couple something like acetone to make a vicinal diol. Could coupling with sodium (as in the acyloin reaction) work?

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