Efficient and chemoselective reduction of carbonyl compounds with supported gold catalysts under transfer hydrogenation conditions.
A new heterogeneous catalytic transfer hydrogenation (CTH) system, consisting of a non-flammable supported Au catalyst along with 2-propanol as the hydrogen donor, was proven to be effective for chemoselective reduction of a wide range of aromatic ketones and aldehydes to the corresponding alcohols.
Su
Fang-Zheng
FZ
Department of Chemistry & Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Material, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China.
He
Lin
L
Ni
Ji
J
Cao
Yong
Y
He
He-Yong
HY
Fan
Kang-Nian
KN