Abstract
The synthesis of E-isomer of 4-Hydroxystilbene and its derivatives 3 by reductive elimination of the carbonyl function in 2-phenyl-1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethan-1-one and its derivatives 2 and the X-ray structure of 2a are described.
Acknowledgments
We thank the University Grants commission, New Delhi, India for financial support of this work. We also gratefully acknowledge RSIC facilities of CDRI, Lucknow, India and X-ray Crystallographic unit of the Chemistry Department, University of Regensburg, Germany.