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THE STEREOCHEMISTRY OF SODIUM DITHIONITE REDUCTIONS OF CYCLIC KETONES
Krapcho, A. Paul,Seidman, David A.
, p. 179 - 180 (1981)
The stereochemistry of reduction of several substituted cyclohexanones, norcamphor, and camphor by sodium dithionite (sodium hydrosulfite, Na2S2O4) in aqueous DMF solution has been studied.The cyclohexanones yield mainly equatorial alcohols while the bicyclic ketones give mainly endo alcohols.
