The selective reduction of ethyl fi-nitrobenzoate and ethyl P-nitrophenylacetate to the corresponding nitroalcohols with lithium aluminum hydride at 25" has been reported by Felkk2 We wish to report the successful reduction of aliphatic nitroesters, containing a secondary, tertiary or gem-dinitro group, to the corresponding nitrocarbinols in yields which compare favorably with those obtained by the reduction of aliphatic nitroaldehydes with ...
