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Lithium amidoborane, a highly chemoselective reagent for the reduction of α,β-unsaturated ketones to allylic alcohols
Xu, Weiliang,Zhou, Yonggui,Wang, Ruimin,Wu, Guotao,Chen, Ping
experimental part, p. 367 - 371 (2012/01/13)
Lithium amidoborane (LiNH2BH3, LiAB for short), is capable of chemoselectively reducing α,β-unsaturated ketones to the corresponding allylic alcohols at ambient temperature. A mechanistic study shows that the reduction is via a double hydrogen transfer process. The protic H(N) and hydridic H(B) in amidoborane add to the O and C sites of the carbonyl group, respectively.
