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Lithium aluminium hydride (LAH) reduction of 4′-hydroxychalcones, followed by dehydration, yielded 4-cinnamylidene-2,5-cyclohexadien-1-ones in 19–42% yields. The LAH reduction of 4′-acetoxychalcones also gave the same products in improved yields.
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Kurosawa et al. (1978) studied this question.
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