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Synthetic Communications
An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Volume 24, 1994 - Issue 5
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Original Articles

Reductive Electrophilic Substitution of Diarylmethyl Methyl Ethers: Synthetic Applications

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Pages 591-599 | Received 10 Aug 1993, Published online: 23 Sep 2006
 

Abstract

The reductive cleavage of diarylmethyl methyl ethers with Li metal in THF led to quantitative formation of the corresponding diarylmethyl anions. Quenching with electrophiles afforded substituted diarylmethanes in good to excellent yields.

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