Carboxylic acids were immediately reduced with samarium diiodide in the presence of protic solvent under the basic medium at room temperature to the corresponding alcohols in good yields. The similar reaction of sodium benzoate in the absence of protic solvent afforded the reductive carbon–carbon coupling products.
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