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Synthesis of functionalized macrocyclic derivatives of trioxabicyclo[3.3.0]nonadiene

  • Sabine Leber,
  • Gert Kollenz and
  • Curt Wentrup

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 738–743, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.83

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  • 11. Reductions with NaBH4 and sulfur [13] or with ammonium formate and Pd/C under microwave irradiation [14] were unsuccessful. However, compound 8 was completely reduced to the diamine 9 by using the classical reduction with Sn and HCl (Scheme 2). The reaction was complete in 1 h. Under the same
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Published 15 May 2012

Branching out at C-2 of septanosides. Synthesis of 2-deoxy-2-C-alkyl/aryl septanosides from a bromo-oxepine

  • Supriya Dey and
  • Narayanaswamy Jayaraman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 522–527, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.59

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  • moieties in 13, resulting from the concomitant reduction of the exocyclic double bond in 4, was also observed. The presence of the ketone functionality in 13 was inferred from the resonance at 208.4 ppm in the 13C NMR spectrum. Subsequent to hydrogenolysis, the treatment of 13 with NaBH4 facilitated the
  • ), 1,4-dioxane, 98 °C, 72 h. Reaction conditions: (i) phenylacetylene (for 11); oct-1-yne (for 12); Pd(PPh3)2Cl2 (20 mol %), CuI (10 mol %), DMF/THF/Et3N 3:2:1, 98 °C, 72 h. Reaction conditions: (i) Pd/C (10 %), H2, MeOH, rt, 24 h; (ii) NaBH4, MeOH, 0 °C to rt, 3 h. Supporting Information Supporting
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Published 10 Apr 2012

Fifty years of oxacalix[3]arenes: A review

  • Kevin Cottet,
  • Paula M. Marcos and
  • Peter J. Cragg

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 201–226, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.22

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Published 07 Feb 2012

Synthesis of highly functionalized β-aminocyclopentanecarboxylate stereoisomers by reductive ring opening reaction of isoxazolines

  • Melinda Nonn,
  • Loránd Kiss,
  • Reijo Sillanpää and
  • Ferenc Fülöp

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 100–106, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.10

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  • derivatives. A number of methods are known for the reductive opening of the isoxazoline ring: Catalytic hydrogenation or reduction with Fe in the presence of NH4Cl, NaBH4, LiAlH4, Raney Ni, BH3·THF, or SmI2/B(OH)3/H2O [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. For the reduction, we selected model compound 2
  • . When the reduction was carried out with NaBH4 in EtOH, three products were obtained: The epimerized isoxazoline-fused amino carboxylate 7 and amino alcohols 8 and 9 which were separated by chromatography and isolated (Scheme 2). Thus, this reaction did not lead to the formation of highly functionalized
  •  3). Combinations of NaBH4 (as a mild and selective reducing agent) with cobalt, nickel, iridium or rhodium halide have previously been employed for cleavage of the isoxazoline ring system, which is otherwise inert to NaBH4 without such metal halide additives [50]. Accordingly, we investigated the
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Published 17 Jan 2012

Highly efficient cyclosarin degradation mediated by a β-cyclodextrin derivative containing an oxime-derived substituent

  • Michael Zengerle,
  • Florian Brandhuber,
  • Christian Schneider,
  • Franz Worek,
  • Georg Reiter and
  • Stefan Kubik

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1543–1554, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.182

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  • conditions: i. NaBH4, EtOH, 1 h, 25 °C; ii. HBr/HOAc, 2 h, 25 °C, 38% (2 steps); iii. NaN3, EtOH, 4 h, reflux, 94%; iv. NH2OH·HCl, NEt3, EtOH, 1.5 h, 25 °C, 87%; v. PPh3, H2O/MeOH, 18 h, 25 °C, 80%. Synthesis of 3-((hydroxyimino)methyl)-1-(prop-2-ynyl)pyridinium bromide (6). Reagents and conditions: i. KI
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Published 22 Nov 2011

Directed aromatic functionalization in natural-product synthesis: Fredericamycin A, nothapodytine B, and topopyrones B and D

  • Charles Dylan Turner and
  • Marco A. Ciufolini

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1475–1485, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.171

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  • form of the alkaloid, mappicine [64], and indeed it can be converted into the latter by NaBH4 reduction of the ethyl ketone. A brief historical aside: The term “mappicine ketone” was apparently introduced by Kametani [65], who synthesized 36 in the course of investigations directed toward mappicine
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Published 28 Oct 2011

Continuous preparation of carbon-nanotube-supported platinum catalysts in a flow reactor directly heated by electric current

  • Alicja Schlange,
  • Antonio Rodolfo dos Santos,
  • Ulrich Kunz and
  • Thomas Turek

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1412–1420, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.165

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  • salt on carbon support material followed by the reduction with a proper reducing agent (NaBH4, N2H4) or under a gaseous reducing environment (H2), microemulsion method, based on a water–oil system where surfactant molecules are used for stabilization of nanoparticles, and colloidal method, based on
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Published 14 Oct 2011

Reductive amination with zinc powder in aqueous media

  • Giovanni B. Giovenzana,
  • Daniela Imperio,
  • Andrea Penoni and
  • Giovanni Palmisano

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1095–1099, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.125

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  • ], Zn(BH4)2/ZnCl2 [10], NaBH4/Mg(ClO4)2 [11], electrochemistry [12], 1,4-dihydropyridines [13][14], Ti(OiPr)4-PMHS [15], NaBH4-CoCl2 [16], iPrOH/RuCl(PPh3)2 [17], BH3·Me2S [18], PhSiH3-Bu2SnCl2 [19], and Zn/HCOONH4 [20]. Although the choice of reagents for reductive amination is quite large, a closer
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Published 10 Aug 2011

Metathesis access to monocyclic iminocyclitol-based therapeutic agents

  • Ileana Dragutan,
  • Valerian Dragutan,
  • Carmen Mitan,
  • Hermanus C.M. Vosloo,
  • Lionel Delaude and
  • Albert Demonceau

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 699–716, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.81

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  • synthetic scheme comprise the cascade Dibal reduction/transimination/NaBH4 reduction of the enantiomerically pure 94, followed by the RCM step (CH2Cl2, 3.5 mol % 1st-generation Grubbs catalyst, reflux under Ar for 48 h) and Upjohn dihydroxylation to afford the target compounds (Scheme 18 for 96). RCM
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Published 27 May 2011

The preparation of 3-substituted-1,5-dibromopentanes as precursors to heteracyclohexanes

  • Bryan Ringstrand,
  • Martin Oltmanns,
  • Jeffrey A. Batt,
  • Aleksandra Jankowiak,
  • Richard P. Denicola and
  • Piotr Kaszynski

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 386–393, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.49

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  • -4-pentylcyclohexyl)acetaldehyde (9) [49]. The aldehyde was reduced with NaBH4 and subsequently brominated with PBr3 to give 1-bromo-2-(trans-4-pentylcyclohexyl)ethane (10) in overall yield of 42% (Scheme 9). Bromide 10 has been reported in the literature, but experimental details are lacking [50][51
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Synthesis of glycoconjugate fragments of mycobacterial phosphatidylinositol mannosides and lipomannan

  • Benjamin Cao,
  • Jonathan M. White and
  • Spencer J. Williams

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 369–377, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.47

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  • the glycosidic linkage. For α-mannosylation of primary and secondary alcohols, the mannosyl donors 16 [38] and 17 were used. Treatment of glycosyl bromide 11 with NaBH4/KI in MeCN [39] afforded the crystalline 1,2-O-benzylidene acetal 18 as a single diastereoisomer in quantitative yield (Scheme 3
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Published 28 Mar 2011

Achiral bis-imine in combination with CoCl2: A remarkable effect on enantioselectivity of lipase-mediated acetylation of racemic secondary alcohol

  • K. Arunkumar,
  • M. Appi Reddy,
  • T. Sravan Kumar,
  • B. Vijaya Kumar,
  • K. B. Chandrasekhar,
  • P. Rajender Kumar and
  • Manojit Pal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 1174–1179, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.134

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  • -ethyl-N-methylcarbamoyl chloride followed by reduction with NaBH4 (Scheme 3), was selected for our purpose. Subsequently, the enzymatic processes were carried out and the isolated reaction mixture was analysed by chiral HPLC. Initially, the CAL-B mediated acetylation of (RS)-4 was carried out in the
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Published 10 Dec 2010

Design and synthesis of a cyclitol-derived scaffold with axial pyridyl appendages and its encapsulation of the silver(I) cation

  • Pierre-Marc Léo,
  • Christophe Morin and
  • Christian Philouze

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 1022–1024, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.115

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  • then was deblocked (tetrabutylammonium fluoride in THF) to afford 5 (86%). Inversion of configuration was accomplished via Swern oxidation [20] to furnish ketone 6 (95%), which was then reduced (NaBH4, CH3OH) to 7 (99%). Although a configurational assignment did not prove possible from 1H NMR data (in
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Published 29 Oct 2010

Systematic investigations on the reduction of 4-aryl-4-oxoesters to 1-aryl-1,4-butanediols with methanolic sodium borohydride

  • Subrata Kumar Chaudhuri,
  • Manabendra Saha,
  • Amit Saha and
  • Sanjay Bhar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 748–755, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.94

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  • -24146223 10.3762/bjoc.6.94 Abstract 4-Aryl-4-oxoesters undergo facile reduction of both the keto and the ester groups with methanolic NaBH4 at room temperature to yield the corresponding 1-aryl-1,4-butanediols whereas 4-alkyl-4-oxoesters furnish the corresponding 1,4-butanolides via selective reduction of
  • the keto moiety. Results of a detailed and systematic investigation of the reaction are described. Keywords: diols; esters; lactones; reduction; Introduction Chemoselective reductions of aldehydes, ketones and imines are generally accomplished using NaBH4 in methanol where other reducible functional
  • -lactone) [24]. Following the above noted literature precedences [1][2][17][22][23][24][25][26][27] on the utility of NaBH4, we attempted to reduce 4-aryl-4-oxoesters with methanolic NaBH4 chemoselectively. Surprisingly, we found that 4-aryl-4-oxoesters underwent facile reduction of both the keto and the
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  • cyclohexylidene-substituted dihydropyran cis-5d afforded α-bromo ketone 17 which, upon treatment with NaBH4, produced epoxypyran 18 (Scheme 8). Epoxide 18 was obtained as a single diastereomer and should be a promising substrate for subsequent nucleophilic addition reactions leading to another series of
  • with high structural similarities to carbohydrates. Reduction of the carbonyl group of 8 by NaBH4 followed by hydrogenolysis of the N,O- and N-benzyl-bonds furnished aminopyran 24 (Scheme 12). Similarly, nitrone 21 was smoothly converted to the diastereomeric aminopyran 26 by analogous reductive
  • transformations. α-Hydroxyketones 9 and 13 were used as precursors for the preparation of compounds with an additional hydroxyl group, such as aminopyrans 28 and 30 (Scheme 13). Reduction of 9 with NaBH4 in the presence of CeCl3 and subsequent hydrogenolysis furnished compound 28 in excellent yield. The presence
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Synthesis of a novel analogue of DPP-4 inhibitor Alogliptin: Introduction of a spirocyclic moiety on the piperidine ring

  • Arumugam Kodimuthali,
  • Padala Lakshmi Prasunamba and
  • Manojit Pal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 71, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.71

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  • (OPr)4, NaBH4, 12 h (67% yield); (viii) (Boc)2O, TEA, DCM, 0 °C, 2 h (70% yield); (ix) Pd/C, MeOH, H2, RT, 4 h (85% yield). Reagents and conditions: (i) NaH, LiBr, DMF - DMSO, 12 h (55% yield); (ii) NaH, LiBr, CH3I, DMF - THF, RT, 12 h (65% yield); (iii) NaHCO3, DMSO, 100 °C, 2 h (40% yield); (iv) TFA
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Published 01 Jul 2010
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  • units in all pentasaccharides for NMR assignment. Preparation of pentasaccharide 8. 1) MeOH, acidic ion exchange resin; 2) Ac2O, pyridine; 3) 80% HOAc, 90 °C; 4) NIS, CF3SO3H, 61%; 5) NiCl2•6H2O, H3BO3, EtOH, then NaBH4, EtOH and acidic workup. Preparation of pentasaccharide 14. 1) MeOH, acidic ion
  • exchange resin; 2) Ac2O, pyridine; 3) 80% HOAc, 90 °C; 4) TBDPSCl, imidazole, DMF; 5) NIS, CF3SO3H, 53%; 6) NiCl2•6H2O, H3BO3, EtOH, then NaBH4, EtOH, then acidic workup; 7) CF3CO2H, CH2Cl2. Acknowledgements Support of these studies by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB 470, A5) and the Fonds der
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Templated versus non-templated synthesis of benzo-21-crown-7 and the influence of substituents on its complexing properties

  • Wei Jiang and
  • Christoph A. Schalley

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 14, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.14

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  • for 24 h in a mixture of 90 ml of absolute ethanol and 60 ml of CHCl3. After cooling down to room temperature, NaBH4 (1.86 g, 49 mmol) was added and the resulting solution stirred at room temperature for another 24 h. The solvent was removed under vacuum. The resulting residue was treated with water
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Recognition properties of receptors consisting of imidazole and indole recognition units towards carbohydrates

  • Monika Mazik and
  • André Hartmann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 9, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.9

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  • solution was cooled to 0 °C and NaBH4 (6.80 mmol) was added in portions. The reaction mixture was stirred for 1 h at 0 °C and for additionally 6 h at room temperature. The solvent was removed and the residue was taken up in chloroform/water (100 mL, 1:1). The separated organic phase was further washed with
  • -carbaldehyde (19) CH3OH, 3 d; h) 8 equiv of NaBH4, 0 °C to r. t., 12 h (78% of 4, 92% of 5). Solubilization of sugars in CDCl3 by receptor 4 and 5 (1 mM solution). Change in chemical shifta observed during 1H NMR titrations of receptor 4 or 5 with sugar 6a, 7a, 8a or 11 in CDCl3. Association constantsa,b for
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Synthesis of (3R,5R)-harzialactone A and its (3R,5S)-isomer

  • Gowravaram Sabitha,
  • Rangavajjula Srinivas,
  • Sukant K. Das and
  • Jhillu S. Yadav

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 8, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.8

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  • to obtain 8 in 64% yield. Removal of the dithioketal using HgCl2/CaCO3 in CH3CN/H2O (4:1)[12] provided the corresponding hydroxyketone 4 in 82% yield. Treatment of 5 with NaBH4 and MeOBEt2 [13][14] stereoselectively formed the syn diol 9 in good yield (80%). The diol 9 was subsequently transformed
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Enantioselective synthesis of tricyclic amino acid derivatives based on a rigid 4-azatricyclo[5.2.1.02,6]decane skeleton

  • Matthias Breuning,
  • Tobias Häuser,
  • Christian Mehler,
  • Christian Däschlein,
  • Carsten Strohmann,
  • Andreas Oechsner and
  • Holger Braunschweig

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 81, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.81

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  • the racemic ketone rac-9. i) NH4OAc, HOAc, Δ, 4 d, 100%; ii) LiAlH4, THF, Δ, 1 d, 87% [24]; iii) Boc2O, CH2Cl2, rt, 16 h, 85%; iv) NaBH4, Me2SO4, THF, rt, 6 h, then NaOH, H2O2, Δ, 90 min, 75%; v) PCC, Celite®, CH2Cl2, rt, 16 h, 79%. Enantioselective hydrosilylation/oxidation of 11. i) HSiCl3, [Pd(C3H5
  • )Cl]2 (0.06 mol %), (R)-MOP (0.25 mol %), toluene, rt, 3 d, then evaporate, then KF, KHCO3, H2O2, THF/MeOH, rt, 1 d, 81%. Initial route to the aldehyde rac-15. i) MePPh3+Br−, t-BuOK, toluene, Δ, 7 h, 77% or Mg, TiCl4, CH2Cl2, 0 °C → rt, 2 h, 55%; ii) NaBH4, Me2SO4, THF, 0 °C → rt, 18 h, then NaOH
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  • aromatized with DDQ in refluxing benzene, 2-bromo-1-naphthaldehyde (2) was produced in excellent yield. Reduction (NaBH4/EtOH) of the aldehyde 2 produced the alcohol 3 as a colorless solid, in 94% yield, which on reaction with PBr3/CCl4 produced the bromide 4 as a light yellow solid. The bromide was then
  • furoquinone 13. Assignment of chemical shifts (1H NMR and 13C NMR) of compound 13. Reagents and conditions: i) DDQ (1.5 equiv), dry benzene, reflux, argon atmosphere, 37 h, 83%. ii) NaBH4, EtOH, room temperature, 2 h, 94%. iii) PBr3, CCl4, 60 °C, 1 h, 82%. iv) KCN, DMF, room temperature, overnight then 1 h at
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2-Phenyl- tetrahydropyrimidine- 4(1H)-ones – cyclic benzaldehyde aminals as precursors for functionalised β2-amino acids

  • Markus Nahrwold,
  • Arvydas Stončius,
  • Anna Penner,
  • Beate Neumann,
  • Hans-Georg Stammler and
  • Norbert Sewald

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 43, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.43

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  • . Chemoselective reduction of 10 was carried out by reaction with sodium borohydride in the presence of Ni(OAc)2. The “nickel boride” formed as black precipitate serves as a highly active hydrogenation catalyst, whereas an excess of NaBH4 serves as hydrogen source [45][46]. The reaction reaches completion within
  • . DIB, I2, CH2Cl2, rt, 4 h, then BF3·Et2O, rt, 1 h; c) Ni(OAc)2·4H2O/NaBH4, MeOH/THF, 0 °C, 10 min; d) Boc2O, DMAP, CH3CN, 16 h, rt. Diastereoselective alkylation of 5. Selective ring opening of the heterocycle 11d and isolation of orthogonally protected β2-homoaspartate 16. a) LiOH/H2O2, THF/H2O, 0 °C
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On the functionalization of benzo[e][2,1]thiazine

  • Kirill Popov,
  • Tatyana Volovnenko and
  • Julian Volovenko

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 42, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.42

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  • -carbaldehydes 1 and benzo[e][2,1]thiazine-4-chloro-3-carbonitriles 2. a: NaBH4 (2.5 equiv), MeOH, 2 h, room temp.; b: SOCl2 (4 equiv), benzene, 3 h, 0 °C to room temp.; c: HBr (50%), 5 h, reflux; d: NaOMe/MeOH, 2 h, reflux; e: HS–(CH2)2–OH (1.5 equiv), K2CO3, 1,4-dioxane, TEA, 2 h, reflux. a: LiAlH4 (4 equiv
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Structural studies on encapsulation of tetrahedral and octahedral anions by a protonated octaaminocryptand cage

  • I. Ravikumar,
  • P. S. Lakshminarayanan,
  • E. Suresh and
  • Pradyut Ghosh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 41, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.41

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  • to the aldehyde also dissolved in dry methanol. Reduction of the resulting Schiff base was achieved using NaBH4. Both higher temperatures (40–50 °C) and fast addition rates lead to mostly polymeric products in the scaled-up synthesis. In the case of 1, a white precipitate is obtained after addition
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