The Reduction of ?,?-Unsaturated Nitroalkenes to Nitroalkanes With Trialkylborohydrides
- 1 October 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Synthetic Communications
- Vol. 14 (12) , 1093-1098
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00397918408059640
Abstract
α,β-Unsaturated nitroalkenes are reduced to nitronate salts by trialkylborohydrides. These salts are readily hydrolyzed on silica gel to the corresponding nitroalkanes in good yields.Keywords
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