1: pyridine 2: 15 percent 3: NaH 4: dimethyl copper lithium 5: 1,2-dimethylimidazole / diethyl ether / 3 h / Ambient temperature; Irradiation; without base, other solvents View Scheme

1: lithium aluminium hydride 2: pyridine 3: 15 percent 4: NaH 5: dimethyl copper lithium 6: 1,2-dimethylimidazole / diethyl ether / 3 h / Ambient temperature; Irradiation; without base, other solvents View Scheme

1: 15 percent 2: NaH 3: dimethyl copper lithium 4: 1,2-dimethylimidazole / diethyl ether / 3 h / Ambient temperature; Irradiation; without base, other solvents View Scheme

1: dimethyl copper lithium 2: 1,2-dimethylimidazole / diethyl ether / 3 h / Ambient temperature; Irradiation; without base, other solvents View Scheme

1,2-dimethyl-1H-imidazole in diethyl ether 3 h; Ambient temperatureIrradiation; Yield given. Yields of byproduct given;