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The mixture of AlCl3 and (C2H5)(3)SiH has been found to cleave the ben
zyl ethers of the lignans, gmelinol, paulownin, wodeshiol and eudesmin
leading to a tetrahydrofuran, a tetrahydropyran or an aryltetralin de
rivative by reductive rearrangement.