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A convenient reduction of alkylated tosylmethyl isocyanides: Applications for the synthesis of natural products11RRL (H) Communication No. 2204.

JS Yodov, PS Ready, BV Joshi

Index: Yadav, J. S.; Reddy, P. Satyanarayana; Joshi, Bhalchandra V. Tetrahedron, 1988 , vol. 44, # 23 p. 7243 - 7254

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Abstract

A convenient and simple method for the reduction of mono-and diatkylated tosylmethyl isocyanides with lithium in liquid ammonia to corresponding hydrocarbons is described. The utility of this methodology adopted in the synthesis of tricos-9Z-ene.(7g), a. sex pheromone