Luche reduction


Definition: The chemoselective reduction of an enone to give an allylic alcohol, using sodium borohydride and an lanthanoid chloride, typically cerium chloride.

ID: RXNO:0000286

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Articles referencing this term

Enantiopure sulfoxides: recent applications in asymmetric synthesis
M. Carmen Carreño, Gloria Hernández-Torres, María Ribagorda and Antonio Urbano, Chem. Commun., 2009 , 6129
DOI: 10.1039/b908043k