Title: Reduction of α,β-Unsaturated Nitrile to Saturated Nitrile with Sodium Borohydride
Abstract: Abstract α,β-Unsaturated nitrile (1) was easily reduced to saturated nitrile (2) with sodium borohydride. Phenyl- (7a) and 2-phenanthryl-cyanoacetylene (7b) were also reduced with sodium borohydride to the saturated nitriles, 8a and 8b, respectively.