ORGLIST: reduction esters to ethers

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From: Andrea Giordano (giordano$##$embl.de)
Date: Thu Feb 17 2005 - 04:05:08 EST

Hi all!

I've got a molecule with two esters, one of which is a t-butyl. Do you know of
any good/mild procedure to reduce esters to ethers that could eventually leave
intact the tert-butyl one?
Thanks for your interest...have a nice day! 

-- 
mr. Andrea Giordano, PhD student 
Schultz group (Bioorganic chemistry of signaling molecules)
http://www-db.embl-heidelberg.de/jss/emblGroups/g_162.html
Gene Expression Program
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Meyerhofstrasse, 1 
69117 Heidelberg, Germany
tel: 0049 6221 387 -498 (chem. lab) -264 (mol.bio. lab)
fax: 0049 6221 387 206

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