Bouveault aldehyde synthesis

Bouveault aldehyde synthesis
Named after Louis Bouveault
Reaction type Carbon-carbon bond forming reaction
Identifiers
RSC ontology ID RXNO:0000533

The Bouveault aldehyde synthesis (also known as the Bouveault reaction) is a one-pot substitution reaction that replaces an alkyl or aryl halide with a formyl group using a N,N-disubstituted formamide. For primary alkyl halides this produces the homologous aldehyde one carbon longer. For aryl halides this produces the corresponding carbaldehyde. The Bouveault aldehyde synthesis is an example of a formylation reaction, and is named for French scientist Louis Bouveault.

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