Dv. Davydov et Ip. Beletskaya, PDCL2-CATALYZED HYDROGENOLYSIS OF A C-O BOND IN MONOARYL SULFATES BY SODIUM PHOSPHINATE IN AN AQUEOUS ALKALINE-MEDIUM, Russian chemical bulletin, 42(3), 1993, pp. 573-575
The hydrogenolysis of the C-O bond in monoaryl sulfates by the action
of an excess of NaH2PO2 in the presence of catalytic amounts of PdCl2
and KOH is studied. The reaction proceeds chemoselectively with comple
te ester conversion to the corresponding arenes.