Conclusions
Using Re2S7 as the catalyst, the optimum conditions were found for the selective reduction of the carbonyl group in ethyl 2-thienylglyoxylate to the CH2 group with the formation of ethyl 2-thienylacetate.
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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 2152–2154, September, 1977.
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Ryashentseva, M.A., Minachev, K.M., Belanova, E.P. et al. Method for catalytic preparation of ethyl 2-thienylacetate. Russ Chem Bull 26, 1994–1995 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00924415
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