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SILICON MODIFIED REDUCTION AND REDUCTIVE ALKYLATION - APPLICATION TO THE PHENANTHRENE SYSTEM
Rabideau, Peter W.,Marcinow, Zbigniew
, p. 3761 - 3764 (1988)
A trimethylsilyl (TMS) substituent is used to control the metal-ammonia reduction of phenanthrenes.The TMS group is then removed by tetrabutylammonium fluoride (TBAF) and replaced by either H or R'.
