2-bibenzoylethane_Kain Industrial Additive

background and overview[1][2] 1,2-dibenzoylethane is an organic intermediate. it has been reported in the literature that 1,2-bibenzoylethane can be prepared in one step from racemic allyl secondary alcohol (±). preparation[1-2] report 1, using racemic allyl secondary alcohol (±)-1a as raw material, under the catalysis of chiral binaphthol potassium salt, the chiral allyl secondary alcohol 2a…