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Regio-selective reduction of the C–C double bonds in α, β-unsaturated acyl 4-substituted oxazolidin-2-ones and oxazolidine-2-thiones

SG Li, JW Jin, Y Wu

Index: Li, Shao-Gang; Jin, Jian-Wei; Wu, Yikang Tetrahedron, 2012 , vol. 68, # 3 p. 846 - 850

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Abstract

Selective saturation of the conjugated C–C double bonds in the title compounds was examined in a systematic way for the first time. Many established protocols effective for similar reduction of α, β-unsaturated ketones and esters in the literature were found to be