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Tris(trimethylsilylmethyl)alane: An aldehyde selective peterson methylenation reagent
Abedi, Vahak,Battiste, Merle A.
, p. 1856 - 1859 (2007/10/03)
Tris(trimethylsilylmethyl)alane (TTMA) is a rapid, efficient, and highly aldehyde-selective trimethylsilylmethylating reagent. A solid lithium halide complex of the reagent, TTMA·3LiBr (TTMAs), is particularly effective in this transformation to the Peterson alcohol intermediate.