Sodium Borohydride-Nickel Chloride-Methanol Catalytic System for Regioselective Reduction of Electron-Rich Conjugated Dienes and Reductive Cleavage of Allyl Esters Involving π-Allylnickel Intermediates
The regioslective reduction of electron-rich dienes to monoolefins and the reductivecleavage of allyl esters were fulfilled by employing a sodium borohydride-nickel chloride-methanol catalytic system with exceedingly simple manipulations and high functional group tolerability. Both of the reductive reactions may involve π-allylnickel intermediates generated from fresh nickel boride.