Rh. Khan et al., CHLOROTRIMETHYLSILANE-SODIUM NITRITE OR NITRATE IN SYNTHESIS - EFFICIENT REGENERATION OF ALDEHYDES AND KETONES FROM THEIR SEMICARBAZONES, Journal of chemical research. Synopses, (12), 1995, pp. 506-507
Semicarbazones of aldehydes and ketones were oxidized to the correspon
ding parent aldehydes and ketones in good yield by a mixture of chloro
trimethylsilane and sodium nitrite or nitrate under mild conditions.