The Reduction of Aromatic Aldehydes and Benzils by Sodium Formaldehyde Sulphoxylate

Alan R. Harris; Timothy J. Mason

doi:10.1080/00397918908050696

The Reduction of Aromatic Aldehydes and Benzils by Sodium Formaldehyde Sulphoxylate

Alan R. Harris, Timothy J. Mason

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Abstract

Sodium formaldehyde sulphoxylate is shown to be an effective reagent for the reduction of some aromatic aldehydes to alcohols. Benzils are also reduced under neutral or basic conditions to give mainly benzoins. Ketones are reduced only slowly.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	529-535
Number of pages	7
Journal	Synthetic Communications
Volume	19
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00397918908050696
Publication status	Published - Feb 1989

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