A mild, convenient, Non-Acidic conversion of enol ethers into alcohols using Hg(OAc)2 - NaBH4

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 791-794

  Crouch, R David ^a   Mitten, Jeffrey V ^a   Span, Amelia R ^a   Dai, H George ^b  

^a DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; METHODOLOGY; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031015547     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(96)02449-5     Document Type: Article

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