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Heterogeneous Cu-catalysts for the reductive deoxygenation of aromatic ketones without additives

F Zaccheria, N Ravasio, M Ercoli, P Allegrini

Index: Zaccheria, Federica; Ravasio, Nicoletta; Ercoli, Mauro; Allegrini, Pietro Tetrahedron Letters, 2005 , vol. 46, # 45 p. 7743 - 7745

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Abstract

Download 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. ... Carbonyl groups conjugated with aromatic systems can be selectively converted into methylene ones under extremely mild conditions and without the need of any acidic additive over a heterogeneous Cu/SiO 2 catalyst. ... We recently reported a very mild procedure for the selective ...