Addition compounds of alkali-metal hydrides. 24. A general method for preparation of potassium trialkoxyborohydrides. A new class of reducing agents

HC Brown, JS Cha, B Nazer

Index: Brown, Herbert C.; Cha, Jin Soon; Nazer, Behrooz Inorganic Chemistry, 1984 , vol. 23, p. 2929 - 2931

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Abstract

These unique characteristics of K (1PBH) stimulated us to investigate other members of the potassium trialkoxyborohydride family. Accordingly, we undertook a study to develop a general procedure for the synthesis of potassium trialkoxyborohydrides in tetrahydrofuran (THF) with representative trialkoxyboranes of different steric requirements and to examine their stereoselectivities in the reduction of cyclic ketones.