A. Srikrishna et al., CHEMOSELECTIVE REDUCTIVE DEOXYGENATION OF ALPHA,BETA-UNSATURATED KETONES AND ALLYL ALCOHOLS, Tetrahedron letters, 36(13), 1995, pp. 2347-2350
A simple and convenient procedure for a highly chemoselective reductiv
e deoxygenation of alpha,beta-unsaturated ketones and allyl alcohols t
o olefins by sodium cyanoborohydride and boron trifluoride etherate in
dry THF is described.