Citation: Shao Zu WU, Hui Dong WANG, Ning CHENG. CONVERSION OF ACETALS AND KETALS TO CARBONYL COMPOUNDS PROMOTED BY ZrCl₄-NaBH₄[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;1991, 2(1): 47-50. shu

CONVERSION OF ACETALS AND KETALS TO CARBONYL COMPOUNDS PROMOTED BY ZrCl₄-NaBH₄

Department of Chemistry, Lanzhou University. Lanzhou 730000

Received Date: 10 April 1990

In our study on the chemistry of ZrCl₄-NaBH₄, we have found that aldehydes and ketones can be regenerated from acetals and ketals at 30℃ in Et₂O in high yield The reaction mechanism was discussed.
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