Sodium triacetoxyborohydride is used as a reagent in reductive amination of ketones, aldehydes and lactamization of carbonyl compounds with amines. It also serves as a reducing agent in organic synthesis.
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Applications
Sodium triacetoxyborohydride is used as a reagent in reductive amination of ketones, aldehydes and lactamization of carbonyl compounds with amines. It also serves as a reducing agent in organic synthesis.
Solubility
Soluble in dimethyl sulfoxide, methanol, benzene, toluene, terahydrofuran, dioxane and methylene chloride.
Notes
Moisture sensitive. Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents, water, alcohols and acids.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- Selective reducing agent; review: Org. Prep. Proced. Int., 17, 317 (1985). Reduces aldehydes in the presence of ketones: J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 535 (1975). For stereoselective reduction of ketones in AcOH, see: Tetrahedron Lett., 273 (1983). Reduces ß-hydroxy ketones diastereoselectively to anti-diols: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 110, 3560 (1988), and cyclic ß-enamino esters selectively to the cis-amino esters: J. Org. Chem., 59, 5328 (1994); Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 5, 1455 (1994).
- Excellent reagent for reductive amination of aldehydes and ketones with a wide variety of amines: J. Org. Chem., 61, 3849 (1996); Tetrahedron Lett., 37, 3977 (1996); review: A.C.S. Symp. Ser., 641, 201 (1996).
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