Research Article
Regioselective and Chemoselective Reduction of ,-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds by /Ba as a Reducing System
Table 3
Competitive reduction of cinnamaldehyde with enones by NaBH4/Ba(OAc)2 as a reducing system at room temperature in CH3CN.
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aMolar ratio as substrate: cinnamaldehyde : enone : NaBH4 : Ba(OAc)2; bcompletion of the reactions was monitored by TLC (eluent; n-hexane/EtOAc: 9/1). |