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OXIDATIVE BENZOIN REACTIONS
Castells, J.,Pujol, F.,Llitjos, H.,Moreno-Manas, M.
, p. 337 - 346 (1982)
A one-pot synthesis (yields over 50percent) of methyl and ethyl esters from aldehydes (and the corresponding alcohol), using aromatic nitrocompounds as oxidizing agents under the catalytic action of cyanide ion or of a conjugate base of a thiazolium ion, is described.A variety of by-products (α-hydroxybenzylidenaniline (16), α-methoxybenzylidenaniline (21), α-cyanobenzylidenaniline (27), N1-hydroxy-N1,N2-diphenylbenzamidine (28), and others) have been identified.