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Reduction of sulfonates and aromatic compounds with the NiCl 2· 2H 2 O Li-arene (cat.) combination

G Radivoy, F Alonso, M Yus

Index: Radivoy, Gabriel; Alonso, Francisco; Yus, Miguel Tetrahedron, 1999 , vol. 55, # 50 p. 14479 - 14490

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Citation Number: 43

Abstract

A series of alkyl mesylates, dimesylates and alkyl or aryl triflates have been reduced to the corresponding hydrocarbons with nickel (II) chloride dihydrate, an excess of lithium powder and a catalytic amount of DTBB (10 mol%) in THF at room temperature. This methodology applied to enol triflates allowed the preparation of olefins or alkanes depending on the amount of the Ni (II) salt used. The reduction of different aromatic or heteroaromatic ...