Organic reactions at alumina surfaces. 6. Isopropyl alcohol and

Jul 16, 1976 - enic aldehydes are reduced to allylic alcohols, and the followingfunctional ... group in the presence of another or in the presence of ...
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J.Org. Chem., Vol. 42, No. 7,1977

Posner, Runquist, and Chapdelaine

Organic Reactions at Alumina Surfaces. 6. Isopropyl Alcohol and Diisopropylcarbinol on Dehydrated Alumina as Reagents for Very Selective Carbonyl Reductions’ Gary H. Posner,*2 Alfonse W. Runquist, and (in part) Marc J. Chapdelaine Department o/ Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218 Received August 4,1976 2-Propanol on dried Woelm alumina at room temperature reduces structurally diverse aldehydes cleanly and rapidly (