Reductive cleavage of inert aryl C-O bonds to produce arenes

  • Huanjun Xu
  • , Bo Yu
  • , Hongye Zhang
  • , Yanfei Zhao
  • , Zhenzhen Yang
  • , Jilei Xu
  • , Buxing Han
  • , Zhimin Liu

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Abstract

Reductive cleavage of the aryl C-O bonds in various phenolic compounds and aryl ethers was achieved using LiAlH4 combined with KOtBu and without any other catalysts or additives, solely producing arenes in high yields.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)12212-12215
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Communications
Volume51
Issue number61
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 7 2015
Externally publishedYes

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