ALUMINIUM HALIDE-THIOL SYSTEM: A USEFUL REAGENT FOR DEMETHYLATION OF ALIPHATIC AND AROMATIC METHYL ETHERS AND DEMETHYLENATION OF METHYLENEDIOXY COMPOUNDS
- 5 January 1979
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Chemistry Letters
- Vol. 8 (1) , 97-98
- https://doi.org/10.1246/cl.1979.97
Abstract
A new efficient procedure for demethylation of methyl ethers and demethylenation of methylenedioxy compounds under mild conditions has been exploited by the use of aluminium halide-thiol system.Keywords
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