
%0 Journal Article
%A Birch, AJ 
%A Subba Rao, GSR 
%T Metal-ammonia reduction of some acyl phenols
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1969/04/01
%V 22
%N 4
%P 761-764
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9690761
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9690761 
%X 2- and 4-Hydroxyacetophenone on reduction with metal-ammonia solutions give mainly pinacols with some of the alcohol; 3-hydroxyacetophenone gives no pinacol. In no case is hydrogenolysis of the side-chain oxygen observed. 4-Hydroxy-propiophenone gives a good yield of a mixture of stereoisomeric pinacols related to hexoestrol. 
