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Recovery of Arenes Containing Keto or Ester Groups by the Electrochemical Reduction of Their Respective Cyclopentadienyliron Complexes |
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| Authors: | Alaa S Abd-el-aziz Adam Piórko Andrzej S Baranski Ronald G Sutherland |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Chemistry , University of Saskatchewan , Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N OWO, Canada;2. Department of Chemistry , University of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A1, Canada;3. Department of Chemistry , University of Saskatchewan , Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N OWO, Canada |
| Abstract: | Electrochemical reduction of the cyclopentadienyliron hexafluorophosphates of benzophenone, o-chlorophenyldibenzoylmethane and diethyl ethylphenylmalonate led to the liberation of arenes without reduction of keto or ester groups in over 85% yields. |
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