title: Reductive cleavage of inert aryl C-O bonds to produce arenes.
abstract: Reductive cleavage of the aryl C-O bonds in various phenolic compounds and aryl ethers was achieved using LiAlH4 combined with KOtBu and without any other catalysts or additives, solely producing arenes in high yields.
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. liuzm@iccas.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Huanjun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Bo
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authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Hongye
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authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yanfei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Zhenzhen
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authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jilei
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authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Buxing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Zhimin
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authors.lastname: Liu