Tetrahedron letters

Silicon modified reduction and reductive alkylation-application to the phenanthrene system

PW Rabideau, Z Marcinow

Index: Rabideau, Peter W.; Marcinow, Zbigniew Tetrahedron Letters, 1988 , vol. 29, # 31 p. 3761 - 3764

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Abstract

Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... A trimethylsilyl (TMS) substituent is used to control the metal-ammonia reduction of phenanthrenes. The TMS group is then removed by tetrabutylammonium fluoride (TBAF) and replaced by either H or R.' ... A trimethylsilyl group is used to control metal-ammonia ...