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Preparation of Aluminium Borohydride and its Applications in Organic Reductions

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IT was found that the reaction of aluminium chloride with calcium borohydride1 in a tetrahydrofuranic solution gives a solution of aluminium borohydride:

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  1. Kollonitsch, J., Fuchs, O., and Gábor, V., Nature, 175, 346 (1955).

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KOLLONITSCH, J., FUCHS, O. Preparation of Aluminium Borohydride and its Applications in Organic Reductions. Nature 176, 1081 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/1761081a0

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