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Ketones are reduced to 2° alcohols by aluminium isopropoxide, a Meerwein-Pondorf reduction. This Reduction gives (mainly) a racemic mixture of the threo diastereomer.

The Chemistry of the Antibiotics used in Medicine, R.M Evans, The Commonwealth and International Library of Science Technology Engineering and Liberal Studies.

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N-(2-(4-Nitrophenyl)-1-hydroxymethyl-2-oxoethyl)ethanamide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Aluminium isopropoxide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
N-(2-(4-Nitrophenyl)-2-hydroxy-1-hydroxymethylethyl)ethanamide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Acetone     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

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Reduction: Of Substrate By Reagent
Synthesis of Chloramphenicol

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