Abstract
Aluminum amalgam in aqueous tetrahydrofuran reduces cycloalkanones to their respective alcohols. The reaction exhibits sensitivity to the ring size and steric environment of the ketone.
- Title
- Selective cycloalkanone reductions using aluminum amalgam
- Creators
- Martin Hulce (Author) - University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyTimothy LaVaute (Author) - University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- Publication Details
- Tetrahedron Letters, Vol.29(5), pp.525-528
- Series
- 29
- Number of pages
- 4
- Identifiers
- 991005930493202656
- Academic Unit
- Creighton University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article