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WE have examined the reduction of anthraquinone and 9 : 10-diacetoxy-anthracene to 9 : 10-dihydro-anthracene and xanthydrol to xanthene by controlled potential electrolysis on a mercury cathode in dimethylformamide, phenol being present as proton donor in the experiment on the quinone. We have not previously encountered a report of carbon-oxygen scission brought about by such means.
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GIVEN, P., PEOVER, M. Hydrogenolysis of Carbon-Oxygen Bonds in some Aromatic Compounds by Electrolysis. Nature 184, 1064–1065 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841064a0
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