The selective reduction of aldehydes using polyethylene glycol-sodium borohydride derivatives as phase transfer reagents

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919708006816

A phase transfer reagent derived from PEG-sodium borohydride was developed which controlled both the activity and the amount of the reagent in the organic phase. Using this reagent under solid-liquid phase transfer conditions, it was found that aldehydes could be selectively reduced in the presence of ketones without concurrent reduction of the ketone group. The reactions were conducted at room temperature and were generally complete within two hours.

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The Selective Reduction of
Aldehydes Using Polyethylene
Glycol-Sodium Borohydride
Derivatives as Phase Transfer
Reagents
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James R. Blanton
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Department of Chemistry , The Citadel
Charleston , South Carolina, 29409
Published online: 22 Aug 2006.
To cite this article: James R. Blanton (1997) The Selective Reduction of Aldehydes
Using Polyethylene Glycol-Sodium Borohydride Derivatives as Phase Transfer Reagents,
Synthetic Communications: An International Journal for Rapid Communication of
Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 27:12, 2093-2102, DOI: 10.1080/00397919708006816
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