Abstract
Aldehydes were selectively reduced in the presence of a ketone with tributyltin hydride (n-Bu3SnH) and arylboronic acids. The double bond of an α,β-unsaturated system was not affected under the reaction conditions.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
We gratefully acknowledge the National Institutes of Health (CA88343, GM52515, and DK55062) and the American Heart Association (#9740117N) for their financial support of this work.