A convenient reduction of highly functionalized aromatic carboxylic acids to alcohols with borane-THF and boron trifluoride-etherate

Organic Preparations and Procedures International

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 665-670

  Chen, M H ^a   Iakovleva, E ^a   Kesten, S ^a   Magano, J ^a   Rodriguez, D ^a   Sexton, K E ^a   Zhang, J ^a   Lee, H T ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

% REDUCTIONS; AROMATIC CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; BORON TRIFLUORIDE ETHERATE; FUNCTIONALIZED;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; AROMATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID; BORANE DERIVATIVE; ETHER DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REDUCTION;

EID: 0036943221     PISSN: 00304948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00304940209355791     Document Type: Article

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