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Organic Reactions Using Sodium Hydrogentelluride: Part 4. The Selective Reduction of Aromatic Aldehydes or Ketones with Electron‐Withdrawing Groups on the Benzene Ring by Sodium Hydrogentelluride
Author(s) -
Yamashita Masakazu,
Tanaka Yoshifumi
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
applied organometallic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1099-0739
pISSN - 0268-2605
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0739(199612)10:10<791::aid-aoc515>3.0.co;2-z
Subject(s) - chemistry , benzaldehyde , benzene , ring (chemistry) , polar effect , sodium , ketone , organic chemistry , medicinal chemistry , catalysis
Abstract Aromatic aldehydes or ketones which have electron‐withdrawing groups on the benzene ring were selectively reduced to the corresponding alcohols in good yields by sodium hydrogentelluride; common aldehydes such as benzaldehyde and tolualdehyde were inert.