A synthesis with addition

An ale. soln. of the startg. m. added to an ale. soln. of K-tetraearbonylhydrido-ferrate, and stirred 5 hrs. at room temp, under argon furfurylaeetone. Y 82%. — This is the 2nd step of a 2-step proeess for the prepn. of methyl ketones from aldehydes, a synthesis with addition of 3 C-atoms. F. e. s. M. Yamashita et al., Tetrah. Let. 1975, 1867. 

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