Reduction of aldehydes and ketones with tetraalkylammonium borohydrides

✍ Scribed by Douglas J. Raber; Wayne C. Guida; Douglas C. Shoenberger

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1981
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 241 KB
• Volume: 22
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(01)92432-3

✦ Synopsis

Misinterpretations

regarding the selectivity of tetraalkylammonium borohydride reductions in dichloromethane are resolved. Tetrabutylamnonium borohydride offers several advantages, but both it and tetraethylammonium borohydride are highly useful synthetic reagents.