Stereoselective reduction of (R)-(-)-carvone with sodium dithionite in the presence of cyclomaltoheptaose (β-cyclodextrin) and its heptakis(2,6-di-O-methyl) derivative

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0008-6215(91)84135-2

The authors have studied the competition between l,4 and l,2-reduction of the conjugated enone (r)-(-)-carvone in the presence of cyclomaltoheptaose and its heptakis derivative using sodium dithionite as a reducing agent in aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate with or without benzene. The spectrum of products namely the ketones and the alcohols expected from the non-selective reduction of an organic compound is shown.