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Reductions of Benzene Derivatives Whose Benzylic Positions Bear Oxygen Atoms under Mild Conditions

✍ Scribed by Abdullah Menzek; Melek Gökmen Karakaya; Afşin Ahmet Kaya


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2008
Tongue
German
Weight
183 KB
Volume
91
Category
Article
ISSN
0018-019X

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✦ Synopsis


Abstract

Reductions of compounds whose benzylic positions bear O‐atoms, such as benzyl alcohol, dibenzyl ether, styrene oxide, benzaldehyde, acetophenone, and benzophenone, to the corresponding non‐conjugated dienes were performed by using t‐BuOH, Li, and gaseous NH~3~ in THF at room temperature. In these reductions, it was observed that the functional groups at benzylic positions were reduced first.