Hydrogenolysis of Diaryl and Aryl Alkyl Ketones and Carbinols by Sodium Borohydride and Anhydrous Aluminum(III) Chloride

Article abstract of DOI:10.1055/s-1987-28068

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.