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REDUCTION SELECTIVE PAR LE BOROHYDRURE DE SODIUM D'UN GROUPE ESTER OU NITRILE DANS LES EPOXYDES GEM DISUBSTITUES PAR DEUX GROUPES ATTRACTEURS D'ELECTRONS.
Mauger, J.,Robert, A.
, p. 2493 - 2502 (2007/10/02)
Sodium borohydride reduced the ester group of the epoxides 1 or one cyano group of 2 selectively within 5 minutes to give new hydroxy - or amino - functionalized epoxides.This unusual reduction of a cyano group has been extended to other α,α-dicyano derivatives.
