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The reduction of αβ-unsaturated ketones with sodium borohydride in methanol solution in the presence of cerium chloride gives almost exclusively the allylic alcohol, sometimes stereoselectively; the reduction of a variety of natural products containing a conjugated keto-group is described.
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Luche et al. (1978) studied this question.
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