Samarium dibromide an efficient reagent for the Pinacol coupling reactions

Divalent lanthanide derivatives in organic synthesis. 1. Mild preparation of samarium iodide and ytterbium iodide and their use as reducing or coupling agents

Philippe Girard, Jean‐Louis Namy, Henri B. Kagan · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1980 · 1.3K citations

Inorganic Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Derivative (Chemistry) +12

REDUCTIVE COUPLING OF CARBONYL COMPOUNDS TO PINACOLS AND OLEFINS BY USING TiCl4 AND Zn

Teruaki Mukaiyama, Toshio Sato, Jun‐ichi Hanna · Chemistry Letters · 1973 · 271 citations

Materials Science, High Yields, Chemical Engineering +11

Efficient formation of pinacols from aldehydes or ketones mediated by samarium diiodide

Jean‐Louis Namy, J. Souppe, Henri B. Kagan · Tetrahedron Letters · 1983 · 232 citations

Engineering, Biochemistry, Natural Sciences +9

Intramolecular reductive coupling reactions promoted by samarium diiodide

Gary A. Molander, Caryn Kenny · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1989 · 182 citations

Cross-coupling Reaction, Molecular Sciences, Chemical Analysis +12

Magnesium- and titanium-induced reductive coupling of carbonyl compounds: efficient syntheses of pinacols and alkenes

Alois Fürstner, René Csük, Christian Röhrer et al. · Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1 · 1988 · 119 citations

Carbonyl Compounds, Chemical Engineering, Cross-coupling Reaction +15