56.

Bouveault-Blanc Reduction

L. Bouveault, G. Blanc, Compt. Rend. 136, 1676 (1903); Bull. Soc. Chim. France [3] 31, 666 (1904).

Formation of alcohols by reduction of esters with sodium and an alcohol:

H. O. House, Modern Synthetic Reactions (W. A. Benjamin, Menlo Park, California, 2nd ed., 1972) p 150.