1976 Volume 24 Issue 5 Pages 1059-1063
Sodium anilidoborohydrides were synthesized from sodium borohydride and anilides in pyridine or in α-picoline, and these compounds were found to be useful reagents for facile reduction of both esters in α-picoline and aldehydes or ketones in dichloromethane. The structure of sodium acetanilidoborohydride was discussed.