Update a column with value of column of other table

Hi,
I am looking for an update statement for the following scenario
With following 2 tables
TABLE1 (Primary A, B)
TABLE2 (Secondary C , D).
C Column is not unique.
Please provide me an update statement to update TABLE1.B with TABLE2.D where TABLE1. A = TABLE2.C
Please note that TABLE2.C is not unique.
Please let me know whether this satement is correct.
UPDATE TABLE1
SET B = (SELECT DISTINCT D FROM TABLE 2 WHERE A=C )
Thanks
Alla Kishore

UPDATE TABLE1 T1
SET T1.B = (SELECT DISTINCT D FROM TABLE2 T2 WHERE T2.C=T1.A )

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