• Title/Summary/Keyword: α,β-Unsaturated carbonyls

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Mild and Efficient Reduction of α,β-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds, α-Diketones and Acyloins with Sodium Borohydride/Dowex1-x8 System

  • Zeynizadeh, Behzad;Shirini, Farhad
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.295-298
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    • 2003
  • α,β-Unsaturated aldehydes and ketones are regioselectively reduced to the corresponding allylic alcohols with /Dowex1-x8 system in THF at room temperature. This system is also efficient for the conversion of α-diketones and acyloins to the vicinal diols in refluxing THF.