A new, economical, practical and racemization-free method for the reductive removal of 2-oxazolidinones from N-acyloxazolidinones with sodium borohydride
A new, economical, practical and racemization-free method for the reductiveremoval of 2-oxazolidinones by a reduction of N-acyloxazolidinones with sodiumborohydride in THF and water is described.