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Reductive lithiation of arylalkyl methyl ethers
Azzena, Ugo,Carta, Simonetta,Melloni, Giovanni,Sechi, Alessandra
, p. 16205 - 16212 (1997)
We have investigated the reductive cleavage of arylalkyl methyl ethers with an excess of lithium metal and a catalytic amount of naphthalene. The reaction proceeds regioselectively in the presence of various substituents on the aromatic ring, allowing access to a wide array of arylalkyl lithium derivatives some of which are not easily accessible by conventional methods.
