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Selective Reduction of Diaryl or Aryl Alkyl Alcohols in the Presence of Primary Hydroxyl or Ester Groups by Etherated Boron Trifluoride-Triethylsilane System

Michael Orfanopoulos Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, 71110, Iraklion, Crete, Greece
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Ioulia Smonou Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, 71110, Iraklion, Crete, Greece
Pages 833-839 | Published online: 05 Dec 2006

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