Table 2. Manganese-Catalyzed α-Alkylation of Acetophenone Using Primary Alcohols^a.

^aReaction conditions: ketone (0.5 mmol), alcohol (0.6 mmol), tert-amyl alcohol (2 mL), catalyst 1 (2 mol %), and Cs₂CO₃ (10 mol %) were heated at 140 °C under open condition with an argon flow. Yields were calculated for isolated products after column chromatography. Conversion of ketones was determined by gas chromatography (GC) analysis using toluene as an internal standard and given within parentheses.