Reduction of carboxylic acids by tetraalkyl ammonium borohydride

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397910008087107

Tetraalkylammonium borohydride reduces carboxylic acids to the corresponding alcohols in good yields utilizing only stoichiometric quantities of hydride and also in the absence of any Lewis acids.

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Reduction of Carboxylic Acids
by Tetraalkyl Ammonium
Borohydride
S. Narasimhan a b , S. Swarnalakshmi a b & R.
Balakumar a b
a Center for Agrochemical research, SPIC Science
Foundation, Guindy, Madras, 600 032
b Guru Nanak College, Velachery, Madras, 600 042
Available online: 04 Dec 2007
To cite this article: S. Narasimhan, S. Swarnalakshmi & R. Balakumar (2000):
Reduction of Carboxylic Acids by Tetraalkyl Ammonium Borohydride, Synthetic
Communications: An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic
Organic Chemistry, 30:5, 941-946
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