Allylic Alcohols Via the Chemoselective Reduction of Enone Systems with Sodium Borohydride in Methanolic Tetrahydrofuran
- 1 September 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Synthetic Communications
- Vol. 15 (11) , 985-990
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00397918508076830
Abstract
The selective reducing characteristics of sodium borohydride in a mixed tetrahydrofuran-methanol solvent system toward α,β-unsaturated ketones were investigated; allylic alcohols are produced in good yield under mild conditions.Keywords
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