KB3H8: an environment-friendly reagent for the selective reduction of aldehydes and ketones to alcohols

Xinying Li; Tongge Mi; Wenjing Guo; Zhongrui Ruan; Yu Guo; Yan-Na Ma; Xuenian Chen

doi:10.1039/D1CC05638G

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KB₃H₈: an environment-friendly reagent for the selective reduction of aldehydes and ketones to alcohols†

Xinying Li,^a Tongge Mi,^b Wenjing Guo,^a Zhongrui Ruan,^a Yu Guo,^b Yan-Na Ma*^a and Xuenian Chen

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^a Green catalysis center and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450000, China
E-mail: Xuenian_Chen@zzu.edu.cn, mayanna@zzu.edu.cn

^b Henan Key Laboratory of Boron Chemistry and Advanced Energy Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China

Abstract

Selective reduction of aldehydes and ketones to their corresponding alcohols with KB₃H₈, an air- and moisture-stable, nontoxic, and easy-to-handle reagent, in water and THF has been explored under an air atmosphere for the first time. Control experiments illustrated the good selectivity of KB₃H₈ over NaBH₄ for the reduction of 4-acetylbenzaldehyde and aromatic keto esters.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CC05638G
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 07 Oct 2021
Accepted: 03 Nov 2021
First published: 04 Nov 2021

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Chem. Commun., 2021,57, 12776-12779

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KB₃H₈: an environment-friendly reagent for the selective reduction of aldehydes and ketones to alcohols

X. Li, T. Mi, W. Guo, Z. Ruan, Y. Guo, Y. Ma and X. Chen, Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 12776 DOI: 10.1039/D1CC05638G

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