FACILE REDUCTION OF BENZENETHIOL ESTER UNDER MILD CONDITIONS WITH ZINC BOROHYDRIDE

Hiyoshizo Kotsuki, N. YOSHIMURA, Yasuyuki Ushio, Tatsuya Ohtsuka, Masamitsu Ochi

Chemistry Letters · 1986 · 11 citations · 2 references

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Abstract

Abstract Benzenethiol esters are efficiently reduced to alcohols under mild conditions by treatment with zinc borohydride prepared from zinc chloride and sodium borohydride.

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