A simple alkene-catalyzed reduction of aromatic esters to alcohols by zinc borohydride

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 385-390

  Narasimhan, S ^a   Madhavan, S ^a   Ganeshwar Prasad, K ^a  

^a Spic Science Foundation India   (India)

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Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DRUG SYNTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION;

EID: 0030893790     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397919708006037     Document Type: Article

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9. The reductions were carried out using stoichiometric quantities of hydride using 10 mole% of cyclohexene as catalyst; the products were characterized by spectral data, melting point and by comparison with standard samples.