... THE REDUCTIVE ALKYLATION OF MELDRUM'S ACID David M. Hrubowchak and Francis X. Smith Department of Chemistry, King's College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 18711, USA Summary: Meldrum's acid can be reductively alkylated with borane-dimethylamine complex and aldehydes or ketones; borane-trimethylamine was used with cyclohexanone. ... Abstr., 41 (1947), p. 4107b. 3. GF Cainelli, M. Panunzio, A. Umani-Rochi. J. Chem. Soc. ...