Molecules 2012, 17(9), 10708-10715; doi:10.3390/molecules170910708
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An Improved Synthesis of 1,2-Diarylethanols under Conventional Heating and Ultrasound Irradiation

Dong-Mei Gao, Wei-Li Ma, Tian-Rui Li, Liang-Zhu Huang and Zhen-Ting Du* email
College of Science, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 7 August 2012; in revised form: 28 August 2012 / Accepted: 3 September 2012 / Published: 7 September 2012
(This article belongs to the Section Organic Synthesis)
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Abstract: A simple and efficient synthesis of 1,2-diarylethanols has been developed. The procedure involved the reaction between a variety of toluene derivatives and aryl aldehydes under conventional heating and ultrasound irradiation. This procedure possesses several advantages such as operational simplicity, high yield, safety and environment benignancy. Ultrasound was proved to be very helpful to the reaction, markedly improving the yield and the reaction rate.
Keywords: 1,2-diarylethanols; ultrasonic-assisted organic synthesis; 2-nitrotoulene

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Gao, D.-M.; Ma, W.-L.; Li, T.-R.; Huang, L.-Z.; Du, Z.-T. An Improved Synthesis of 1,2-Diarylethanols under Conventional Heating and Ultrasound Irradiation. Molecules 2012, 17, 10708-10715.

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Gao D-M, Ma W-L, Li T-R, Huang L-Z, Du Z-T. An Improved Synthesis of 1,2-Diarylethanols under Conventional Heating and Ultrasound Irradiation. Molecules. 2012; 17(9):10708-10715.

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Gao, Dong-Mei; Ma, Wei-Li; Li, Tian-Rui; Huang, Liang-Zhu; Du, Zhen-Ting. 2012. "An Improved Synthesis of 1,2-Diarylethanols under Conventional Heating and Ultrasound Irradiation." Molecules 17, no. 9: 10708-10715.

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