Tetrahedron Letters

Selective reduction of acid chloride with a catalytic amount of an indium compound

K Inoue, M Yasuda, I Shibata, A Baba

Index: Inoue, Katsuyuki; Yasuda, Makoto; Shibata, Ikuya; Baba, Akio Tetrahedron Letters, 2000 , vol. 41, # 1 p. 113 - 116

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Abstract

Indium hydride generated from tributyltin hydride and indium trichloride was coordinated by a phosphine to reduce acid chlorides to the corresponding aldehydes selectively. This reaction was achieved by a catalytic amount of indium trichloride.