Bou·veault-Blanc reduction
| \ ¦büˌvō¦bläⁿ- \
Definition of Bouveault-Blanc reduction
: a method for the preparation of alcohols from esters and of amines from oximes or nitriles by reduction with metallic sodium in solution in an alcohol (as ethyl alcohol)
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