Issue 61, 2015
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Chemical Communications

Reductive cleavage of inert aryl C–O bonds to produce arenes†

Huanjun Xu,a   Bo Yu,a   Hongye Zhang,a   Yanfei Zhao,a   Zhenzhen Yang,a   Jilei Xu,a   Buxing Hana  and  Zhimin Liu*a  

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a Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
E-mail: liuzm@iccas.ac.cn
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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.

Graphical abstract: Reductive cleavage of inert aryl C–O bonds to produce arenes

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC03563E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
29 Apr 2015
Accepted
17 Jun 2015
First published
17 Jun 2015

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 12212-12215

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

H. Xu, B. Yu, H. Zhang, Y. Zhao, Z. Yang, J. Xu, B. Han and Z. Liu, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 12212 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC03563E

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