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Reduction of Aromatic Ketones into Methylenes Using Triethylsilane and Titanium Tetrachloride. Synthesis of 2-Aminobutanoic Acids

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1995

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5. Reduction of ethyl 4-(4chlomphenyl)-2-(methoxycarbony1amino)4o~ob~tanoate with Et3SiH in boiling C F 3 W gave ethyl 4-(4-chlomphenyl)-2-(methoxycarbony1amino)butanoate in only 15% yield 6. Optical purity of the product was determined by hplc analysis.7.