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Samarium-induced convenient reductive dimerization of aromatic ketones in aqueous methanol: a mechanistic approach

BK Banik, I Banik, N Aounallah, M Castillo

Index: Tetrahedron Letters, , vol. 46, # 41 p. 7065 - 7068

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Abstract

... Tetrahedron Letters. Volume 46, Issue 41, 10 October 2005, Pages 7065–7068. ... In this letter, we report a facile, convenient method of reductive dimerization of aromatic ketones by samarium metal in the presence of different additives (Scheme 1). Interestingly, samarium metal ...