Organoaluminum cations for carbonyl activation

• DOI: 10.1039/c9cc08272g
• Publication Date: 2019-11-12T14:03:52Z
• Authors: Ramkumar Kannan; Raju Chambenahalli; Sandeep Kumar; Athul Krishna; Alex P. Andrews; Eluvathingal D. J...; Ajay Venugopal
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; Inorganic & Physical Chemistry; 0104 chemical sciences

A Lewis acidic cationic organoaluminum catalyst is demonstrated to perform aldehyde dimerization and ketone hydrosilylation via a carbonyl activation pathway.