Reductive Electrophilic Substitution of Diarylmethyl Methyl Ethers: Synthetic Applications
- 1 March 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Synthetic Communications
- Vol. 24 (5) , 591-599
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00397919408012636
Abstract
The reductive cleavage of diarylmethyl methyl ethers with Li metal in THF led to quantitative formation of the corresponding diarylmethyl anions. Quenching with electrophiles afforded substituted diarylmethanes in good to excellent yields.Keywords
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