%0 Journal Article
%A Lamm, V
%A Pan, X
%A Taniguchi, T
%A Curran, DP
%D 2013
%F pittir:20682
%J Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
%P 675 - 680
%T Reductions of aldehydes and ketones with a readily available N-heterocyclic carbene borane and acetic acid
%U http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/20682/
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%X Acetic acid promotes the reduction of aldehydes and ketones by the readily available N-heterocyclic carbene borane, 1,3-dimethylimidazol-2-ylidene borane. Aldehydes are reduced over 1-24 h at room temperature with 1 equiv of acetic acid and 0.5 equiv of the NHC-borane. Ketone reductions are slower but can be accelerated by using 5 equiv of acetic acid. Aldehydes can be selectively reduced in the presence of ketones. On a small scale, products are isolated by evaporation of the reaction mixture and direct chromatography. © 2013 Lamm et al.