The selective reduction of benzene to cyclohexene

1 January 1982

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications

No. 7,p. 379-380
https://doi.org/10.1039/c39820000379

Abstract

Hydride attack on a dicationic η⁶-benzene complex gives the η⁴-cyclohexadiene, which with acid yield cyclohexene; in the presence of benzene the initial η⁶-benzene complex can be regenerated and a cycle established.

Keywords

SELECTIVE REDUCTION
REGENERATED
HYDRIDE
CYCLOHEXADIENE
ATTACK
DICATIONIC
BENZENE TO CYCLOHEXENE
REDUCTION OF BENZENE

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