Ml. Divona et V. Rosnati, ZINC-PROMOTED REACTIONS .6. THE REDUCTION OF DIPHENYLCYCLOPROPENONE IN ACIDIC MEDIA, Tetrahedron, 49(47), 1993, pp. 10925-10930
The reduction of diphenylcyclopropenone with zinc was investigated und
er a variety of conditions. The product distribution can be explained
in terms of a general mechanism for zinc-promoted reductions.