1. Postdoctoral research associate supported by NIH-MBS (RR-8102–09)
2. Taken in part from M.Sc. thesis,1980
3. Stereochemistry of Asymmetric Silicon. III. Carboxylate and Tosylate Leaving Groups
4. We do not feel that there is a great degree of attack at silicon in these reactions since no gas evolution is observed and it is known that the carboxylic acids are reduced to the alcohols under these conditions.5
5. House, H. O. 1972.Modern Synthetic Reactions, 71–72. Menlo Park, Cal.: W. A. Benjamin Inc.