The reduction of benzylidene derivatives of pentose diethyl dithioacetals with lithium aluminium hydride-aluminium trichloride

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0008-6215(91)84088-V

Di-O-benzylidene derivatives of pentose diethyl dithioacetals were reduced to di-O-benzyl pentose diethyl dithioacetals in high yield.In three of the five cases studied, single products were obtained: 2,3:4,5-di-O-benzylidene-D-arabinose diethyl dithioace