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Abstract
Reductive cleavage of benzylidene acetals using low-valent titanium reagent results in the formation of aryl alkanes and stilbenes. Aliphatic acetals, however, remain unaffected. This cleavage offers an attractive, alternate stereoselective route to stilbenes in a modified McMurry reaction.