Do you wish to reduce the ketone function to alcohol? If so, the procedure has been described in:
Castellan, Alain; Grelier, Stephane; Kessab, Larbi; Nourmamode, Aziz; Hannachi, Yacine, Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 2: Physical Organic Chemistry (1972-1999), 1996 , # 6 p. 1131 - 1138
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I have followed the procedure given in this reference but pure product was never obtained. Please tell me what to do? can you provide me step by step procedure for reduction of acetovanillone???
I do not have access to this paper.... :(
Did you try with a fresh batch of reagent? Fresh solvents?
yes i did but the problem remains as such.. :(... i would like to add that during the course of reaction only one clean product is obtained but after workup unwanted products are visible on TLC.... :( :(
You may try to use toluene was used as solvent, adding sodium borohydride and acetovanillone in the reaction system.
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