Chemoselective reduction of aldehydes in the presence of ketones with NaBH4 in polyethylene glycol dimethyl ethers

…, T Suzuki, Y Nishida, K Satsumabayashi…

Index: Tanemura, Kiyoshi; Suzuki, Tsuneo; Nishida, Yoko; Satsumabayashi, Koko; Horaguchi, Takaaki Synthetic Communications, 2005 , vol. 35, # 6 p. 867 - 872

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Abstract

Polyethylene glycol dimethyl ethers (PEGDME) have been frequently used for phase??transfer catalysts in a two??phase system of organic??aqueous phase or organic??solid phase using organic solvents such as benzene or CH 2 Cl 2 ,4 View all references however, there are few examples on the use of PEGDME as solvents for this purpose as far as we know.5–7 View all references We supposed that interesting reactivities might be expected in PEGDME.