Patent ID: 11866386
Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH—OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Field: Organic fine chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 0:
1. A method of reducing an aromatic ring or cyclic, allylic ether in a compound, comprising:
preparing a reaction mixture comprising a compound comprising an aromatic moiety or a cyclic, allylic ether moiety, an alkali metal, and either ethylenediamine, diethylenetriamine, thiethylenetetramine, or a combination thereof, in an ether solvent, wherein the ethylenediamine:compound molar ratio or the diethylenetriamine:compound molar ratio in the reaction mixture ranges from 2-20:1; and
reacting the reaction mixture at a temperature ranging from −20° C. to 30° C. for a time sufficient to reduce a double bond in the aromatic moiety to a single bond or to reduce the cyclic, allylic ether moiety.