Excellent and Convenient Procedures for Reduction of Benzene and Its Derivatives

Authors

ALİYE ALTUNDAŞ
ABDULLAH MENZEK
DEMET DEMİRCİ GÜLTEKİN
MELEK KARAKAYA

DOI

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Abstract

Reductions of benzene, toluene, ortho-xylene, cumene, anisole and benzoic acid to corresponding nonconjugated dienes were realized at room temperature by gas NH_3 and Li. The reduced products were easily isolated because THF and dioxane were dissolved in the water. The yields and conversions of the reactions were 70-89% and 80-100%, respectively.

Keywords

Arenes, lithium, reductions, alcohols, protonations, ethers

First Page

513

Last Page

518

Recommended Citation

ALTUNDAŞ, ALİYE; MENZEK, ABDULLAH; GÜLTEKİN, DEMET DEMİRCİ; and KARAKAYA, MELEK (2005) "Excellent and Convenient Procedures for Reduction of Benzene and Its Derivatives," Turkish Journal of Chemistry: Vol. 29: No. 5, Article 7. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/chem/vol29/iss5/7