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Generation of γ-oxy-substituted benzylithium derivatives by reductive lithiation of 4-phenyl-1,3-dioxanes
Azzena, Ugo,Pilo, Luciano
, p. 664 - 668 (1999)
Reductive cleavage of 1,3-dioxanes 1a-c with Li metal in the presence of a catalytic amount of naphthalene in THF, followed by reaction with different electrophiles, allowed the synthesis of 3-substituted- and 3,3-disubstituted- 3-phenylpropan-1-ols 4 in good yields.
