- L-selectride
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IUPACName = lithium tri-sec-butyl(hydrido)borate(1-)
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CASNo = 38721-52-7
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SMILES = [Li+] .CCC(C) [BH-] (C(C)CC)C(C)CC
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Formula = C12H28BLi
MolarMass = 190.10 g/mol
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Autoignition =L-selectride, is an
organic compound . It is used inorganic chemistry as areducing agent , for example in the reduction of aketone , as part of Overman's synthesis ofstrychnine . [cite journal | author = S. D. Knight, L. E. Overman and G. Pairaudeau | title = Synthesis applications of cationic aza-Cope rearrangements. 26. Enantioselective total synthesis of (-)-strychnine | year = 1993 | journal =J. Am. Chem. Soc. | volume = 115 | issue = 20 | pages = 9293–9294 | doi = 10.1021/ja00073a057]L-selectride reduces
enone s byconjugate addition of hydride, since it is too bulky to attack directly at the carbonyl carbon. [cite book
last=Clayden
first=Jonathan
authorlink=:en:Jonathan Clayden
coauthors=Nick Greeves, Stuart Warren, Peter Wothers
title=Organic Chemistry
origyear=2001
edition=
publisher=Oxford University Press
isbn=0-19-850346-6
pages=p. 685
chapter=Alkylation of enolates]N-selectride and K-selectride is the same compound but instead of lithium as cation they have
sodium andpotassium cations respectively.References
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