Tishchenko reaction

Tishchenko reaction
Named after Vyacheslav Tishchenko
Reaction type Organic redox reaction
Identifiers
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The Tishchenko reaction is an organic chemical reaction that involves disproportionation of an aldehyde in the presence of an alkoxide. The reaction is named after Russian organic chemist Vyacheslav Tishchenko, who discovered that aluminium alkoxides are effective catalysts for the reaction.[1][2] [3]

In the related Cannizzaro reaction, the base is sodium hydroxide and then the oxidation product is a carboxylic acid and the reduction product is an alcohol.

  1. ^ Seki, Tsunetake; Nakajo, Tetsuo; Onaka, Makoto (2006). "The Tishchenko Reaction: A Classic and Practical Tool for Ester Synthesis". Chemistry Letters. 35 (8): 824–829. doi:10.1246/cl.2006.824.
  2. ^ Mlynarski, Jacek (2006). "Direct Asymmetric Aldol-Tishchenko Reaction". European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2006 (21): 4779–4786. doi:10.1002/ejoc.200600258.
  3. ^ Hattori, Hideshi (2001). "Solid base catalysts: Generation of basic sites and application to organic synthesis". Applied Catalysis A: General. 222 (1–2): 247–259. doi:10.1016/S0926-860X(01)00839-0.