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Synthetic Communications
An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Volume 31, 2001 - Issue 12
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MICROWAVE ASSISTED SOLID REACTION: REDUCTION OF ESTERS TO ALCOHOLS BY POTASSIUM BOROHYDRIDE-LITHIUM CHLORIDE

Jun-Cai Feng Department of Chemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P.R. China
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Bin Liu Department of Chemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P.R. China
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Li Dai Department of Chemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P.R. China
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Xiao-Liang Yang Department of Chemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P.R. China
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Shu-Jiang Tu Department of Chemistry, Xuzhou Normal University, Xuzhou, 221009, P.R. China
Pages 1875-1877 | Received 01 Sep 2000, Published online: 16 Aug 2006
 
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Abstract

Esters can be successfully reduced to the corresponding alcohols with potassium borohydride/lithium chloride under microwave irradiation without solvent. The reactions are generally completed in 2–8 minutes, with the yields varying from 55% to 95%.

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