Kamochi, Yasuko; Kudo, Tadahiro published the artcile< Novel reduction of carboxylic acids, esters, amides, and nitriles using samarium diiodide in the presence of water>, Electric Literature of 112-63-0, the main research area is reduction aromatic compound samarium diiodide water; carboxylic acid aromatic reduction; ester aromatic reduction; amide aromatic reduction; nitrile aromatic reduction; chloride aromatic reduction; ketone aromatic reduction; nitro compound aromatic reduction.
Aromatic carboxylic acids, esters, amides, nitriles, chlorides, ketones and nitro compounds were rapidly reduced by the samarium diiodide-H2O system to the corresponding products at room temperature in good yields. Thus, e.g., PhCO2H afforded PhCH2OH in 89% yield, PhCO2Me afforded PhCH2OH in 93% yield, PhCONH2 afforded PhCH2OH in 94% yield, 2-MeC6H4CN afforded 2-MeC6H4CH2NH2 in 94% yield, and 4-O2NC6H4CO2Me afforded 4-H2NC6H4CO2Me in 89% yield.
Chemistry Letters published new progress about Aralkyl alcohols. 112-63-0 belongs to class esters-buliding-blocks, and the molecular formula is C19H34O2, Electric Literature of 112-63-0.
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