Electrochemical methoxymethylation of alcohols - a new, green and safe approach for the preparation of MOM ethers and other acetals.
Xiya LuoXiaofeng MaFrédéric LebreuxIstván E MarkóKevin LamPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2018)
A new, green, safe, cost-effective and highly efficient electrochemical approach for the methoxymethylation of alcohols and phenols was successfully developed. The methodology was also applied to the synthesis of substituted acetals.