Silane reductions in acidic media. II. Reductions of aryl aldehydes and ketones by trialkylsilanes in trifluoroacetic acid. Selective method for converting the carbonyl …

CT West, SJ Donnelly, DA Kooistra…

Index: West,C.T. et al. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1973 , vol. 38, p. 2675 - 2681

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Abstract

Results The yields of arylhydrocarbon products from trialkylsilane reductions of the corresponding carbonyl compounds are given in Table I. In general, 2 equiv of silane are required for the reduction of 1 equiv of carbonyl compound to the methylene product in trifluoroacetic acid (eq 1); silane products are the trial-