ChemInform Abstract: Selective Reduction of Diaryl or Aryl Alkyl Alcohols in the Presence of Primary Hydroxyl or Ester Groups by the Boron Trifluoride Etherate‐Triethylsilane System.

Abstract

AbstractThe selective reduction method mentioned in the title is applied to various (di)phenyl carbinols also bearing primary alcoholic groups, e.g. (I) or (III), or ester moieties, e.g. (VI), (VIII), or (XI).