Rhodium
(Chief Bee)
11-11-03 11:39
No 470163
       Sodium Aluminum Hydride Reductions
(Rated as: good read) 		    

Sodium Aluminum Hydride
Zakharkin et.al., Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR Ser. Khim., 561 (1964)
Reductions using the cheap LAH analog NaAlH4 in hydrocarbon solvents.

Post 470158 (azole: "reductions with NaAlH4 in hydrocarbon media", Russian HyperLab) 		 
 
 
 
    hest
(Hive Adickt)
11-11-03 18:58
No 470245
       NaAlH4     

But NaAlH4 is not so effektive to reduce nitrogroup's (acording Hudlick'y's book 'reductions'). 		 
 
 
 
    azole
(One Remarkable HyperLab Bee)
11-13-03 09:31
No 470616
       AlH3     

But NaAlH4 is not so effektive to reduce nitrogroup's
   Just add 100% H2SO4 (1/2 mol. eq.) or AlCl3 (1/3 mol. eq.). Theoretically, it should work, at least, in THF or in glyme.
a literary contest 		 
 
 
 
    hest
(Hive Adickt)
11-13-03 10:07
No 470621
       AlH3     

Nice touch, and yes it will.