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Synthesis 1987; 1987(8): 736-738
DOI: 10.1055/s-1987-28068
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Hydrogenolysis of Diaryl and Aryl Alkyl Ketones and Carbinols by Sodium Borohydride and Anhydrous Aluminum(III) Chloride

Aoi Ono* , Nobuko Suzuki, Junko Kamimura
  • *Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Education, Niigata University Niigata, 950-21 Japan
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12 September 2002 (online)

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Diaryl ketones such as benzophenone and fluorenone, aryl alkyl ketones such as acetophenone, 4-chloroacetophenone and 4-methylacetophenone, and arylcarbinols such as benzhydrol, triphenylmethanol, and 1-phenylethanol, were effectively hydrogenolyzed to the corresponding hydrocarbons.