CHELATION-CONTROLLED REDUCTION OF ALPHA-OXYGENATED AND BETA-OXYGENATED KETONES WITH LITHIUM TRI-N-BUTYLBOROHYDRIDE

Authors
FAUCHER AM BROCHU C LANDRY SR DUCHESNE I HANTOS S ROY A MYLES A LEGAULT C
Citation
Am. Faucher et al., CHELATION-CONTROLLED REDUCTION OF ALPHA-OXYGENATED AND BETA-OXYGENATED KETONES WITH LITHIUM TRI-N-BUTYLBOROHYDRIDE, Tetrahedron letters, 39(46), 1998, pp. 8425-8428
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Tetrahedron letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00404039
Volume
39
Issue
46
Year of publication
1998
Pages
8425 - 8428
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(1998)39:46<8425:CROAAB>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Lithium tri-n-butyl borohydride showed high selectivity in the reducti on of alpha- and beta-oxygenated ketones, giving a preponderance of th e chelation controlled products. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All ri ghts reserved.