ChemInform Abstract: Substrate‐Directable Electron Transfer Reactions: Dramatic Rate Enhancement in the Chemoselective Reduction of Cyclic Esters Using SmI2—H2O: Mechanism, Scope, and Synthetic Utility.

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AbstractThe presence of a suitably placed directing group dramatically accelerates the rate of the reduction of cyclic esters, such as (I), (III), (V), and (VII) with SmI2—H2O.