"10% aqeous MeOH with 4 equiv HOAc (w/ lewis acid *) 62%!!!"
That's not too bad, because it's not that exothermic and MDOH is active. I'm guessing this could be easily scaled up, but it requires more chemicals than one would need to do a reduction of a plain old p2p. I'm thinking that one would have more "luck" with the more common p2p reduction, because there's more literature covering it. Maybe I should search patents for zinc-amalgam reductions? I was just wondering what options an evil chemist has for reductions. Thanks for that link! How about using borohydride/nickel boride on a ketoxime? Peace!
I'm going to help all of you cleanse this diseased planet.