Mild reduction of carboxylic acids to alcohols using cyanuric chloride and sodium borohydride
โ Scribed by Massimo Falorni; Andrea Porcheddu; Maurizio Taddei
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 125 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0040-4039
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โฆ Synopsis
Several carboxylic acids, including N-Boo, N-Cbz and N-Fmoe amino acids were reduced to the corresponding alcohols by activation of the carboxy function with cyanuric chloride and N-methylmorpholine followed by reduction with aqueous sodium borohydride.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
Acyloxyboron intermediates formed in situ from carboxylic acids and 3,4,5-trifluorophenylboronic acids react with sodium borohydride in THF to give alcohols in good to high yields.
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