Ruthenium(III) Chloride as an Efficient Catalyst for Conversion of Aldehydes to 1,1-diacetates Under Mild Conditions

Nafisehsadat Sheikhan^a, BiBi Fatemeh Mirjalili^a,*, Abdolreza Hajipour^b, Abdolhamid Bamoniri^c

^a Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran, P.O. Box 89195-741,
phone: +98 351 8211674, fax: +98 351 8210644.
^b Pharmaceutical Research Laboratory, College of Chemistry, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran.
^c Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran.
* Corresponding author: E-mail: fmirjalili@yazduni.ac.ir

Abstract
Ruthenium(III) chloride catalyzes the preparation of 1,1-diacetates from aldehydes under mild and in solvent or solventfree
conditions. This method has some advantages such as good to excellent yields, ease of operation and workup, short
reaction time, high catalytic efficiency and high chemoselectivity.

Keywords: 1,1-diacetates, acylals, protecting group, ruthenium(III) chloride, aldehyde, solvent-free condition