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Sodium Borohydride – Ammonium Carbonate: An Effective Reducing System for Aldehydes and Ketones

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Reduction of aldehydes and ketones to the corresponding alcohols was achieved in a simple procedure using the system sodium borohydride and ammonium carbonate. This system needs lower excesses of reducing agent and leads to significantly shortened reaction times.

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  1. Institute of Industrial Chemistry, Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran

    Farajollah Mohanazadeh

  2. Institute of Chemistry, Mazandaran University, Babolsar, Iran

    Mostafa Hosini & Mahmoud Tajbakhsh

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Mohanazadeh, F., Hosini, M. & Tajbakhsh, M. Sodium Borohydride – Ammonium Carbonate: An Effective Reducing System for Aldehydes and Ketones. Monatsh. Chem. 136, 2041–2043 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00706-005-0376-x

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