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Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society (BKCS)

ISSN 0253-2964(Print)
ISSN 1229-5949(Online)
Volume 24, Number 3
BKCSDE 24(3)
March 20, 2003 

 
Title
Mild and Efficient Reduction of a, b-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds, a-Diketones and Acyloins with Sodium Borohydride/Dowex1-x8 System
Author
Behzad Zeynizadeh, Farhad Shirini
Keywords
Sodium borohydride, Dowex1-x8, a, b-Unsaturated carbonyls, a-Diketones, Acyloins
Abstract
a, b-Unsaturated aldehydes and ketones are regioselectively reduced to the corresponding allylic alcohols with NaBH4/Dowex1-x8 system in THF at room temperature. This system is also efficient for the conversion of a-diketones and acyloins to the vicinal diols in refluxing THF.
Page
295 - 298
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