Tetrahedron Letters

A novel one-pot synthesis of secondary alcohols from esters

MJ Chae, AR Jeon, JK Park, DK An

Index: Chae, Min Jung; Jeon, Ah Ram; Park, Jae Kyo; An, Duk Keun Tetrahedron Letters, 2011 , vol. 52, # 14 p. 1718 - 1720

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Abstract

The establishment of a simple, general, and practical one-pot functional group transformation method is one of the most important and highly desirable objectives in organic synthesis. We have recently been interested in the transformation of esters to secondary alcohols through partial reduction and alkylation or vinylation in a single operation. The general and classical method for synthesis of secondary and allyl alcohols from esters involves two or three synthesis ...