Platinum catalyzed dearomatization

Ken Tanaka and co-workers at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology have reported in ACIE on a platinum catalyzed dearomatization reaction.

ACIE paper

Nucleophilic Dearomatization

Jonathan Clayden and colleague from the University of Manchester have reported in Tetrahedron Letters on a dearomatization of an aryloxazoline using an organolithium reagent.

TL paper