Temperature and Solvent Dependent Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenolysis in Aromatic Aldehydes and Ketones Via Ammonium Formate |
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| Authors: | Siya Ram L D Spicer |
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| Institution: | 1. Departments of Biochemistry and Radiology , PET Facility Duke University Medical Center , Durham, NC, 27710;2. Department of Radiation Oncology , University of Alabama at Birmingham , 619 South 19th Street, Birmingham, Alabama, 35233 |
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| Abstract: | Temperature control and solvent specification are used to reduce aromatic aldehydes and ketones to intermediate alcohols rather than methylene derivatives using HCO2NH4 as a catalytic hydrogen transfer agent. A mechanism for the catalytic reduction is proposed. |
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