Experiment 5, page 6

Write Up
The write up should conform to the RSC journalOrganic and Biomolecular Chemistrystyle (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.One example from the recent (1998 or later) literature of the use of MODIFIED metalhydride
reagents in organic synthesis (egto obtain superior chemical, diastereo- or
enantioselectivity).

References and Notes

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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.
R.F. Nystrom and W.G.Brown, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1947, 69, 1197, 2548; ibid.,
1948, 78, 3738.
A.J. Hill and E.H. Nason, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1924, 46, 2236.

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