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A new reducing agent, sodium borohydride-palladium chloride system reduces aryl ketones, aryl chlorides, and benzylic alcohols to corresponding hydrocarbons. It also reduces hindered steroidal ketones to alcohols in good yields.
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Satoh et al. (1981) studied this question.
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