REDUCTIVE ELECTROPHILIC SUBSTITUTION OF DIARYLMETHYL METHYL ETHERS - SYNTHETIC APPLICATIONS

Authors
AZZENA U MELLONI G FENUDE E FINA C MARCHETTI M SECHI B
Citation
U. Azzena et al., REDUCTIVE ELECTROPHILIC SUBSTITUTION OF DIARYLMETHYL METHYL ETHERS - SYNTHETIC APPLICATIONS, Synthetic communications, 24(5), 1994, pp. 591-599
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Synthetic communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00397911
Volume
24
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
591 - 599
Database
ISI
SICI code
0039-7911(1994)24:5<591:RESODM>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
The reductive cleavage of diarylmethyl methyl ethers with Li metal in THF led to quantitative formation of the corresponding diarylmethyl an ions. Quenching with electrophiles afforded substituted diarylmethanes in good to excellent yields.