Reduction of alkyl esters to alkanes by sodium in hexamethylphosphoric triamide. A new method for the deoxygenation of alcohols
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 13,p. 567-568
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39780000567
Abstract
Esters of primary, secondary, or tertiary alcohols are reduced by sodium in hexamethylphosphoric triamide containing t-butyl alcohol to provide predominantly the corresponding alkanes and alcohols.Keywords
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