Reductive cleavage of the C-O bond of acetals and orthoesters: reduction by silane in the presence of a Rh-PPh3 complex.
Reductions of acetals to ethers and of orthoester to acetal by hydrosilane using rhodium catalyst are described.
Ohta
Tetsuo
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Department of Molecular Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Kyoto 610-0394, Japan. tota@mail.doshisha.ac.jp
Michibata
Tsugumi
T
Yamada
Kazuyuki
K
Omori
Ryohei
R
Furukawa
Isao
I