Reductive deoxygenation of aryl aldehydes and ketones and benzylic, allylic, and tertiary alcohols by zinc iodide-sodium cyanoborohydride

CK Lau, C Dufresne, PC Belanger…

Index: Lau, C. K.; Dufresne, Claude; Belanger, Patrice C.; Pietre, Sylvie; Scheigetz, John Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1986 , vol. 51, # 15 p. 3038 - 3043

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Abstract

Reductive deoxygenation of aryl aldehydes and ketones is a widely employed transformation in organic synthesis and various methods have been developed for this useful transformation.'However, many of the direct methods like the Wolf-Kishner2 and the Clemensen3 reductions utilize harsh reaction conditions that are incompatible with the high degree of selectivity required for polyfunctional compounds. Mixed hydride reagents such ...