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Some aliphatic and aromatic carboxylic esters were reduced to the corresponding aldehydes in high yield with diisobutylaluminum hydride at low temperature (−70°).
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L. I. Zakharkin and I. M. Khorlina, Dokl. AN SSSR116, 422 (1957).
L. I. Zakharkin and I. M. Khorlina, Izv. AN SSSR. Otd. khim. n. 2146 (1959).
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Zakharkin, L.I., Khorlina, I.M. Reduction of carboxylic esters to aldehydes with diisobutylaluminum hydride. Russ Chem Bull 12, 288–290 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00846399
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