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Reversal of the regioselectivity of the birch reduction of xylenes
- Source :
- Tetrahedron Letters. 27:1469-1472
- Publication Year :
- 1986
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 1986.
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Abstract
- The “Photo-Birch” reduction of o-, m-, and p-xylene, using NaBH 4 , 1,3-dicyanobenzene, and photolysis, gives 1,4-dienes as products. The regioselectivity of these reactions is greatly different from the normal Birch reduction.
Details
- ISSN :
- 00404039
- Volume :
- 27
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Tetrahedron Letters
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........61d5be9fe9e8db273589b561263035ff
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0040-4039(00)84287-2