Simple, new, greener and efficient alternatives to the existing protocols have been developed for the reduction of aromatic aldehydes to their corresponding alcohols, decarboxylation of substituted benzoic acids (C-6-C-1) and substituted cinnamic acids (C-6-C-3) with a hydroxyl group at the para position with respect to the acid group to corresponding phenolic compounds and vinyl phenols respectively by using a natural feedstock, cucumber juice (CSJ), which acts as a greener solvent system, performing a substrate-selective reaction. Additionally, the hydrolysis of the acetyl as well as the benzoyl group of aromatic compounds has been carried out to afford excellent yield by CSJ.
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