Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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The mechanism for a Benzoin condensation mechanism which involves a cyanide-catalyzed condensation of aryl aldehyde to benzoin. Now cyanide is mostly replaced by a thiazolium salt.

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