Unusual reactivity of zinc borohydride conversion of amino acids to amino alcohols

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919608086744

Zinc borohydride reduces amino acids with only stoichiometric amounts of hydride to the corresponding chiral alcohols in excellent yields in the absence of any Lewis acid.

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Unusual Reactivity of Zinc
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Amino Acids to Amino Alcohols
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S. Narasimhan , S. Madhavan & K. Ganeshwar
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Prasad
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Centre for Agrochemical Research, SPIC Science
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032, INDIA
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To cite this article: S. Narasimhan , S. Madhavan & K. Ganeshwar Prasad (1996):
Unusual Reactivity of Zinc Borohydride - Conversion of Amino Acids to Amino Alcohols,
Synthetic Communications: An International Journal for Rapid Communication of
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