Highly efficient system for reduction of carboxylic acids and their derivatives to alcohols by HfCl4/KBH4

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1640-1654

  Zhang, Jianghua ^a   Gao, Xinqin ^a   Zhang, Chengyi ^a   Ma, Jianfei ^a   Zhao, Defeng ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Alcohols; Carboxylic acid derivatives; Carboxylic acids; HfCl4 KBH4; Reduction

Indexed keywords

2 BROMOBENZYL ALCOHOL; 3 (HYDROXYMETHYL) 2 NAPHTHOL; 3 CHLOROBENZYL ALCOHOL; 4 BROMOBENZYL ALCOHOL; 4 CHLOROBENZYL ALCOHOL; 4 IODOBENZYL ALCOHOL; 4 METHYLBENZYL ALCOHOL; 4 NITROBENZOIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; AMIDE; BENZHYDROL; BENZYL CHLORIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOHEXYLMETHANOL; EPOXIDE; ESTER; IMINE; KETONE; LAURYL ALCOHOL; NITRILE; PERACID; PHENETHYL ALCOHOL; PYRIDINE 1 OXIDE; SALIGENIN; STYRENE OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ESTERIFICATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 67650074114     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910802573130     Document Type: Article

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