Selective Reduction of Diaryl or Aryl Alkyl Alcohols in the Presence of Primary Hydroxyl or Ester Groups by Etherated Boron Trifluoride-Triethylsilane System
- 1 June 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Synthetic Communications
- Vol. 18 (8) , 833-839
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00397918808057852
Abstract
Diaryl or aryl alkyl carbinols bearing a second reducible functional group (such as hydroxyl or ester) are selectively deoxygenated in high yields by the action of etherated boron trifluoride and triethyl silane reducing system.Keywords
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