A kinetic investigation has been carried out on the reduction of some aromatic ketones (acetophenone, 1;2-methoxyacetophenone, 2; 3-methoxyacetophenone, 3; 4-methoxyacetophenone, \(4 ;\) and \(\alpha\)-tetralone, 5 ) by sodium borohydride in the presence of two cationic surfactants (cetyltrimethylam
Reduction of ketones by sodium borohydride in the absence of protic solvents. Inter versus intramolecular mechanism
β Scribed by Margaret M. Kayser; Sonia Eliev; Odile Eisenstein
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 207 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0040-4039
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β¦ Synopsis
Acetone, acetophenone and benzophenone react with sodium borohydride in the absence of protic solvent to give the corresponding tetraalkoxyborates.
In view of these res-ults, the possibility of the 4-centre mechanism for these reductions is discussed.
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