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On the mechanism of bibenzyl formation by deoxidation/reduction of aromatic species with lithium 4,4′-di-t-butylbiphenyl radical anion - a correction

✍ Scribed by Adalbert Maercker; Ulrich Girreser

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1990
Tongue: French
Weight: 109 KB
Volume: 31
Category: Article
ISSN: 0040-4039
DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(00)97307-6

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✦ Synopsis

In the reaction of benzil with lithium in the presence of 4,4*-dit-butylbiphenyl (DBB) tram-stilbene 4 and dilithiobibensyl 5 are intermediates instead of the reported tetralithiobibenayl 2.

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