ReCl(CO)5-catalyzed Reactions of Aromatic Compounds with 1,3,5-Trioxane or Aqueous Formaldehyde Affording Diarylmethanes

✍ Scribed by Rui-Mao Hua; Jun-Yi He; Hong-Bin Sun

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 102 KB
• Volume: 25
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0256-7660
• DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.200790009

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

ReCl(CO)~5~ catalyzed the dehydration reaction of aromatic compounds with 1,3,5‐trioxane or aqueous formaldehyde (37 wt%) under air. The reactions of a variety of aromatic compounds bearing electron‐donating group(s) with 1,3,5‐trioxane afforded the corresponding diarylmethanes in moderate to good yields.