Reductions of Benzene Derivatives Whose Benzylic Positions Bear Oxygen Atoms under Mild Conditions |
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| Authors: | Abdullah Menzek Melek Gökmen Karakaya Afşin Ahmet Kaya |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Atatürk University, TR‐25240 Erzurum, (phone: +90?4422314423;2. fax: +90?4422360948) |
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| 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 NH3 in THF at room temperature. In these reductions, it was observed that the functional groups at benzylic positions were reduced first. |
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| Keywords: | Benzene derivatives Ammonia Lithium, reduction with |
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