FeCl3· 6H2O Catalyzed disproportionation of allylic alcohols and selective allylic reduction of allylic alcohols and their derivatives with benzyl alcohol

J Wang, W Huang, Z Zhang, X Xiang…

Index: Journal of Organic Chemistry, , vol. 74, # 9 p. 3299 - 3304

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Abstract

... The Journal of Organic ... J. Org. ... Reduction and oxidation of alcohols are useful and important in organic synthesis.(1) Traditionally, such transformations employ stoichiometric quantities of reductants (eg, Bu 3 SnH) or oxidants such as potassium dichromate, and most of them ...