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Calcium Borohydride |
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| Authors: | S Narasimhan K Ganeshwar Prasad S Madhavan |
| Institution: | Centre for Agrochemical Research , SPIC Science Foundation , 110 Mount Road, Guindy, Madras, 600 032, India |
| Abstract: | Calcium borohydride reduces both aliphatic and aromatic esters to alcohols completely in the presence of alkene catalysts. The intermediate borates formed during the reduction of aromatic esters are converted to aldehydes with aqueous NaOC1 in good yields. |
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