Ruthenium-catalyzed reduction of allylic alcohols: an efficient isomerization/transfer hydrogenation tandem process.
A simple and highly efficient method for the selective reduction of the C=C bond in allylic alcohols has been developed using the ruthenium(II) catalyst [{RuCl(mu-Cl)(eta(6)-C(6)Me(6)}2].
Cadierno
Victorio
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Departamento de Química Orgánica e Inorgánica, Instituto Universitario de Química Organometálica Enrique Moles (Unidad Asociada al C.S.I.C.), Universidad de Oviedo, 33071, Oviedo, Spain. vcm@uniovi.es
Francos
Javier
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Gimeno
José
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Noel
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