Mamoru Tobisu, Kentarou Yamakawa, T. Shimasaki
Feb 21, 2011
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A nickel-catalyzed reductive deoxygenation of aryl alkyl ethers and aryl pivalates has been developed. Hydrosilanes serve as a mild reducing agent. The present protocol allows the use of a pivalate group as a robust and traceless steering group in arene functionalization reactions.