Iodide-catalyzed reductions: development of a synthesis of phenylacetic acids

…, JT Colyer, OR Thiel, M Dilmeghani Seran…

Index: Milne, Jacqueline E.; Storz, Thomas; Colyer, John T.; Thiel, Oliver R.; Dilmeghani Seran, Mina; Larsen, Robert D.; Murry, Jerry A. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2011 , vol. 76, # 22 p. 9519 - 9524

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Abstract

A new convenient and scalable synthesis of phenylacetic acids has been developed via the iodide catalyzed reduction of mandelic acids. The procedure relies on in situ generation of hydroiodic acid from catalytic sodium iodide, employing phosphorus acid as the stoichiometric reductant.