Issue 3, 2004
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Chemical Communications

Unexpected cleavage of tetrahydrofuran by catalytic reductive lithiation†

Stéphane Streiff,a   Nigel Ribeiroa  and  Laurent Désaubry*a  

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Abstract

DBB, an electron transporter, can open THF at room temperature under sonication without any Lewis acid activation. This feature was successfully exploited in the straightforward synthesis of bis-silanes.

Graphical abstract: Unexpected cleavage of tetrahydrofuran by catalytic reductive lithiation

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B312972A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
21 Oct 2003
Accepted
16 Dec 2003
First published
13 Jan 2004

Chem. Commun., 2004, 346-347

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Unexpected cleavage of tetrahydrofuran by catalytic reductive lithiation

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