Applications of Lanthanide Trichloride Hydrates Prepared from Mischmetall in Luche-Type Reduction
Marie-Isabelle Lannou, Florence Hélion, Jean-Louis Namy*
*Laboratoire de Catalyse Moléculaire, ICMMO, Bât 420,
Université Paris-Sud, 91405, Orsay, France, Email: flohelion
icmo.u-psud.fr
M.-I. Lannou, F. Hélion, J.-L. Namy, Synlett, 2007, 2707-2710.
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-991062
Abstract
An inexpensive alloy of light lanthanides, called Mischmetall, can simply be converted in aqueous hydrochloric acid to a mixture of lanthanide trichloride hydrates. These complexes exhibited the same reactivity as cerium trichloride in the sodium borohydride 1,2-reduction of enones.
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Key Words
Mischmetall, lanthanide trichlorides, Luche-type reaction, Sodium Borohydride
ID: J60-Y2007-3530
