University Chemistry ›› 2022, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (1): 2104026.doi: 10.3866/PKU.DXHX202104026

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Research Progress in Synthesis of Acetal/Ketal

Yan Wang, Lanying Wang, Xiangdong Hu(), YunXia Wang()   

  • Received:2021-04-12 Accepted:2021-05-03 Published:2021-05-14
  • Contact: Xiangdong Hu,YunXia Wang E-mail:xiangdonghu@nwu.edu.cn;wyx27210@nwu.edu.cn

Abstract:

Acetal/ketal is a kind of important organic compounds, which is prepared by the nucleophilic addition reaction of aldehyde/ketone with alcohol or orthoformate. This reaction is also widely applied for protection of carbonyl group of aldehyde/ketone or ethylene glycol in organic synthesis. Therefore, synthesis of acetal/ketal attracts extensive concern. According to the different reaction systems, the research progress of acetal/ketal synthesis in recent years was reviewed in detail from three aspects, including acid catalysis, electrocatalysis and photocatalysis. It is expected that students could master this basic reactions and students' innovation ability will be developed by this review.

Key words: Aldehyde/ketone, Synthesis, Acetal/ketal