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Stereospecificity of Introduction of Hydride Ion during Double Bond Reduction of 2-Benzylidene-1-tetralone and Other Related Compounds
Chatterjee, Amareshwar,Dutta, Lakshmi N.,Chatterjee, Swapan K.
, p. 955 - 960 (2007/10/02)
Lithium aluminium hydride reduction of the benzylidene derivatives (1a-c) and (5) in refluxing THF is shown to be stereospecific, the saturated alcohol isolated in each case having the trans-stereochemistry.The benzyl ketones (30a, b, d) and (7) on sodium
