Pinacol coupling reaction of several aromatic dialdehydes 1a-d using inexpensive aluminum powder as a reductive reagent in aqueous NaOH-methanol media afforded dimeric compounds 2a-d as main products, in which only one carbonyl group of 1 was reduced.
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