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A Facile O-Alkyl Cleavage of Esters with Sodium Hydrogen Selenide |
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| Authors: | Fangming Kong Jian Chen Xunjun Zhou |
| Affiliation: | Department of Chemistry , Hangzhou University , Hangzhou, China |
| Abstract: | Sodium hydrogen selenide generated in the dipolar aprotic solvent DMF is shown to be an effectively selective reagent for the dealkylation of esters to give the corresponding carboxylic acids in good yields. |
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