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ChemInform 2009, 40, issue 16 © 2009 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim www.cheminform.wiley-vch.de Halogenation O 0235 A Highly Chemoselective and Rapid Chlorination of Benzyl Alcohols under Neu- tral Conditions. — The chlorination of benzylic and cinnamic alcohols uses cyanuric chloride under virtually neutral conditions. The method allows a highly selective ben- zylic chlorination in the presence of aliphatic alcohols or even unprotected carbohy- drates. Chiral benzylic alcohols react with inversion of configuration. — (SUN, L.; PENG, G.; NIU, H.; WANG, Q.; LI*, C.; Synthesis 2008, 24, 3919-3924; Dep. Chem., Coll. Sci., Tianjin Univ., Tianjin 300072, Peop. Rep. China; Eng.) — Mais 16- 039

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HalogenationO 0235 A Highly Chemoselective and Rapid Chlorination of Benzyl Alcohols under Neu-

tral Conditions. — The chlorination of benzylic and cinnamic alcohols uses cyanuric chloride under virtually neutral conditions. The method allows a highly selective ben-zylic chlorination in the presence of aliphatic alcohols or even unprotected carbohy-drates. Chiral benzylic alcohols react with inversion of configuration. — (SUN, L.; PENG, G.; NIU, H.; WANG, Q.; LI*, C.; Synthesis 2008, 24, 3919-3924; Dep. Chem., Coll. Sci., Tianjin Univ., Tianjin 300072, Peop. Rep. China; Eng.) — Mais

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