Exclusive 1,2-reduction of functionalised conjugated aldehydes with sodium triacetoxyborohydride

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397910008087180

Functionalised α,β-unsaturated aldehydes were exclusively reduced to allylic alcohols with sodium-triacetoxyborohydride. Neither saturated alcohol nor saturated aldehydes are obtained. Conjugated ketones are not reduced.

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Exclusive 1,2-Reduction of
Functionalised Conjugated
Aldehydes with Sodium
Triacetoxyborohydride
Jasvinder Singh a , Munisha Sharma a , Irvinder Kaur a
& Goverdhan L. Kad a
a Department of Chemistry , Panjab University ,
Chandigarh, 160014, India
Published online: 04 Dec 2007.
To cite this article: Jasvinder Singh , Munisha Sharma , Irvinder Kaur & Goverdhan
L. Kad (2000) Exclusive 1,2-Reduction of Functionalised Conjugated Aldehydes with
Sodium Triacetoxyborohydride, Synthetic Communications: An International Journal
for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 30:8, 1515-1519, DOI:
10.1080/00397910008087180
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