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Reversal of the regioselectivity of the birch reduction of xylenes

GA Epling, E Florio

Index: Epling, Gary A.; Florio, Emily Tetrahedron Letters, 1986 , vol. 27, # 13 p. 1469 - 1472

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Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... The “Photo-Birch” reduction of o-, m-, and p-xylene, using NaBH 4 , 1,3-dicyanobenzene, and photolysis, gives 1,4-dienes as products. The regioselectivity of these reactions is greatly different from the normal Birch reduction. ... Large scale irradiations (10-fold scale-up) proceeded ...