title: Efficient ruthenium-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation/hydrogenation of 1,3-cycloalkanediones to 1,3-cycloalkanediols using microwave heating.
abstract: A number of 1,3-cycloalkanediones were efficiently reduced to the corresponding diols in good yield by the use of a ruthenium catalyst, 2-propanol, and hydrogen gas under microwave heating.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden. jeb@organ.su.se
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Leijondahl
authors.forename: Ann-Britt L
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Fransson
authors.forename: Jan-E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Bäckvall
mesh_terms: D019840:2-Propanol / Q000737:chemistry*; D000473:Alkanes / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D003500:Cyclization; D003516:Cycloparaffins / Q000737:chemistry*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006865:Hydrogenation / Q000528:radiation effects; D008872:Microwaves; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012428:Ruthenium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000473:Alkanes; D003516:Cycloparaffins; D012428:Ruthenium; D019840:2-Propanol