title: Simplified preparation of coniferyl and sinapyl alcohols.
abstract: Coniferyl and sinapyl alcohols were prepared from commercially available coniferaldehyde and sinapaldehyde using borohydride exchange resin in methanol. This reduction is highly regioselective and exceptionally simple, making these valuable monolignols readily available to researchers lacking synthetic chemistry expertise.
authors.affiliation: U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA. hoonkim@wisc.edu
authors.forename: Hoon
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ralph
mesh_terms: D000171:Acrolein / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D001894:Borohydrides; D010636:Phenols / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D010666:Phenylpropionates / Q000138:chemical synthesis*
chemical_list: D001894:Borohydrides; D010636:Phenols; D010666:Phenylpropionates; C075384:coniferaldehyde; C075386:sinapaldehyde; D000171:Acrolein; C496130:sinapyl alcohol; C010559:coniferyl alcohol