Swims' reduction woe's.
Swim tried twice to reduce 2,5-dimethoxynitrostyrene, the first with the Zn+Hcl method which swim had limited success, Swim's assuming swim got .1g of salted material
the second was via the NaBH4 followed by Formic Acid + Zn reduction, this failed horribly.
Is there any tips you can give a bee who is serverly challenged when it comes to reducing nitrostyrenes,
Swim doesn't want to give up his chemistry endevours, but alas such failures are disappointing.
Q: is the reductive amination via Al/Hg + CH3-N-H2 easier than the reductions for nitrostyrenes?
ah well, swim is going to study for his O-chem test, which make O-chem seem soo much easier in theory.....