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New method for the reduction of benzophenones with Raney Ni-Al alloy in water

  • Guo Bin Liu
  • , Hong Yun Zhao
  • , Jia Da Zhu
  • , Hong Jie He
  • , Hong Jie Yang
  • , Thies Thiemann
  • , Hideki Tashiro
  • , Masashi Tashiro

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Abstract

Raney Ni-Al alloy in a dilute alkaline aqueous solution has been shown to be a powerful reducing agent, which is highly effective in the reduction of benzophenones to the corresponding hydrocarbon derivatives, in the absence of any organic solvents.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1651-1661
Number of pages11
JournalSynthetic Communications
Volume38
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2008
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Benzophenones
  • Cyclohexanes
  • Cyclohexanols
  • Raney Ni-Al alloy
  • Reduction

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Organic Chemistry

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