Epoxy compounds usually have stronger nucleophilic ability, because the alkyl group on the oxygen atom makes the bond angle smaller, which makes the lone pair of electrons react more dissimilarly with the electron-deficient system. Compound: Ethyl oxazole-5-carboxylate, is researched, Molecular C6H7NO3, CAS is 118994-89-1, about Application of Flow Chemistry to the Selective Reduction of Esters to Aldehydes.Electric Literature of C6H7NO3.
The reduction of esters to aldehydes is an important transformation in organic chem. and several reducing agents have been described. However, the use of this reaction in medicinal and natural product chem. is limited due to the instability of the intermediates and the high reactivity of the reaction products. In the current article, the general and selective reduction of esters with lithium diisobutyl-tert-butoxyaluminum hydride (LDBBA) in flow is reported. This reagent allows esters to be reduced in the presence of different functional groups, including those considered to be of similar or higher reactivity.
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