Tetrahedron Letters

The neutral deoxygenation (reduction) of aryl carbonyl compounds with raney-nickel. an alternative to the clemmenson, wolf-kishner or mozingo (thioketal) reductions.

RH Mitchell, YH Lai

Index: Mitchell, Reginald H.; Lai, Yee-Hing Tetrahedron Letters, 1980 , vol. 21, p. 2637 - 2638

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Abstract

... Reginald H. Mitchell* and Yee-Hing Lai Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC Canada V8W 2Y2 Summary: W-7 Raney-Nickel reduces mono or diaryl carbonyl compounds in 50% aqueous ethanol in excellent yields to the aryl methanes. ... 2, 1974 p.4; (b) RL Augustine,