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Reduction/Ether Cleavage via Hydrogenation

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https://joechem.io/videos/153 for video on jOeCHEM and attached worksheet + solution (below video on jOeCHEM aka the link). https://joechem.io/videos/153 for video on jOeCHEM and attached worksheet + solution (below video on jOeCHEM aka the link). In this video, we once again look at the benzylic position. Instead of oxidation, we'll take a trip down reduction lane. We'll see how we can use hydrogen gas to reduce the benzylic position when an ether is present.

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3. Reduction/Ether Cleavage via Hydrogenation

1. Review of the Benzylic Position--SN1, SN2, Acid Base, and Radical Addition

2. Oxidation at the Benzylic Position--KMnO4 and MnO2

4. Introduction to Phenols, Characteristics and Naming

5. Nucleophilic Aromatic Ipso Substitution (NAS)

6. Nucleophilic Aromatic Ipso Substitution Examples Galore

7. NAS with Haloarenes, Various Pathways

8. Making Phenols Using Diazotization & Arenediazonium Ions

9. Chemistry of Phenols--They\'re Alcohols Too!

10. EAS Reactions with Phenol

11. The Hydroxymethylation of Phenol

12. The Kolbe Reaction

13. Claisen Rearrangements Explained

14. Cope and Oxy-Cope Rearrangements Explained

Reduction/Ether Cleavage via Hydrogenation - jOeCHEM