Water as a Green Solvent for Fast and Efficient Reduction of Carbonyl Compounds with NaBH_4 under Microwave Irradiation

摘要

Reduction of varieties of carbonyl compounds such as aldehydes, ketones, α,β-unsaturated aldehydes and ketones, α-diketones and acyloins was carried out very fast and efficiently by sodium borohydride in water under microwave irradiation. The corresponding product alcohols were obtained in high to excellent yields.