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A new method for the reduction of amides with zinc-ethanol

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The reaction of Vilsmeier complexes of primary, secondary and tertiary amides with zinc-ethanol affords the corresponding amines in high yields.

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  1. H. E. J. Postgraduate Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, 32, Karachi, Pakistan

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Basha, A., Atta-Ur-Rahman A new method for the reduction of amides with zinc-ethanol. Experientia 33, 101–102 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01936778

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