ABSTRACT Sodium borohydride (0.4-1.5 equivalents) in the presence of ammonium oxalate (0.2 equivalents) reduces varieties of organic carbonyl compounds such as aldehydes, ketones, acyloins, a-diketones and α, β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds to their corresponding alcohols. Reduction reactions were carried out in acetonitrile in high to excellent yields of products. The chemoselective reduction of aldehydes over ketones was ...
