title: Deoxygenation of Unhindered Alcohols via Reductive Dealkylation of Derived Phosphate Esters.
abstract: Primary alcohols can be deoxygenated cleanly and in yields of 60-95% by reduction of derived diphenyl phosphate esters with lithium triethylborohydride in tetrahydrofuran at room temperature. Selective deoxygenation of a primary alcohol in the presence of a secondary alcohol was demonstrated. The two-step process can be performed in one pot, making it simple and convenient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Illinois at Chicago , 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60304, United States.
authors.forename: Sarwat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chowdhury
authors.affiliation: Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory , PO Box 2008, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6445, United States.|Department of Biochemistry and Cellular & Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee , Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States.
authors.forename: Robert F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Standaert