Tetrahedron Letters

Organic reaction in water. Part 3: A facile method for reduction of aromatic rings using a raney Ni–Al alloy in dilute aqueous alkaline solution under mild conditions

T Tsukinoki, T Kanda, GB Liu, H Tsuzuki, M Tashiro

Index: Tsukinoki, Takehito; Kanda, Tadashige; Liu, Guo-Bin; Tsuzuki, Hirohisa; Tashiro, Masashi Tetrahedron Letters, 2000 , vol. 41, # 31 p. 5865 - 5868

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Abstract

Reduction of aromatic rings such as phenol, naphthalenes, biphenyls, acenaphthene, and acenaphthylene was smoothly performed using a Raney Ni–Al alloy in dilute aqueous alkaline solution without any organic solvents at 90° C under atmospheric pressure, and the corresponding reduced compounds were obtained in high yields.