Practical reduction of carbonyl compounds with NaBH4 and silica gel in an aprotic solvent

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919908085770

Selective and high-yielding synthesis of alcohols can be easily achieved by the reduction of a variety of ketones and aldehydes with a combination of inexpensive and readily available laboratory reagents, NaBH₄ and silica gel, in hexane under mild and neutral conditions.

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Practical Reduction Of
Carbonyl Compounds With
Nabh and Silica Gel In an
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Aprotic Solvent
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Shigetaka Yakabe , Masao Hirano & Takashi
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Morimoto
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Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of
Technology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and
Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan
Published online: 17 Sep 2007.
To cite this article: Shigetaka Yakabe , Masao Hirano & Takashi Morimoto
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1999) Practical Reduction Of Carbonyl Compounds With Nabh and Silica Gel
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In an Aprotic Solvent, Synthetic Communications: An International Journal
for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 29:2, 295-302, DOI:
10.1080/00397919908085770
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