A convenient reduction method of. BETA.-phenyl. ALPHA.,. BETA.-unsatura carbonyl compounds with Me3SiCl-NaI-ROH reagen.

T Sakai, K Miyata, M Utaka, A Takeda

Index: Sakai, Takashi; Miyata, Kazuyoshi; Utaka, Masanori; Takeda, Akira Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1987 , vol. 60, # 3 p. 1063 - 1066

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Abstract

Treatment of β-phenyl α, β-unsaturated ketones, cinnamic acid and its ester with Me 3 SiCl– NaI–ROH reagent in hexane at room temperature gave the corresponding saturated carbonyl compounds in good yields. A similar reaction of 2, 4-hexadienoic acid afforded 4- hexanolide.

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