Reductive Cleavage of Aryl Oxazolines to Benzaldehydes and Substituted Toluenes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00170a036

Aryl oxazolines have been converted to their corresponding benzaldehydes and toluenes by several routes by passing through the intermediate amino alcohols.The transformations proceeded under mild conditions and were shown to be generally applicable to a variety of substitutions on the aromatic nucleus.