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The write up should conform to a J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. I, style (Title, Abstract, Introduction, Results and Discussion, Experimental, References). Your introduction must include discussion of the following points:
1.A discussion of the mechanism of the particular reduction you have undertaken. 2.Three examples from the recent (1993 or later) literature of the use of MODIFIED
metalhydride reagents in organic synthesis (egto obtain superior chemical, diastero- or
enantioselectivity).

References and Notes

1.H.C. Brown and S. Krishnamurthy, Tetrahedron, 1979, 35, 567; E.R.H. Walker,
Chem. Soc. Rev., 1976, 5, 23; N.G. Gaylord, "Complex Metal Hydrides", Wiley-
Interscience, New York, 1956, p. 107.
2.R.F. Nystrom and W.G.Brown, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1947, 69, 1197, 2548; ibid.,
1948, 78, 3738.
3.A.J. Hill and E.H. Nason, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1924, 46, 2236.

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