Abstract
Ferrocenecarbaldehyde was reduced to methylferrocene upon interaction with zinc tetrahydroborate in THF. The reactions proceeded rapidly (5–10 min) in high yields (ca. 90%). Analogous results were obtained when a mechanically activated mixture of zinc chloride and sodium tetrahydroborate or the complex of zinc tetrahydroborate with dibenzo-18-crown-6, 2Zn(BH4)2·DB-18-C-6, was used in the reaction.
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