Catalytic intermolecular hydrogen transfer in the hydrogenation of heterocyclic aldehydes and ketones. A review

Literature data and the investigation results of the present authors on the reduction of heterocyclic aldehydes and ketones using catalytic hydrogen transfer have been analyzed.Riga Institute of Organic Synthesis, Riga LV-1006, Latvia. Translated from Khimiya Geterotskilicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 435–449, April, 1994. Original articla submitted November 29, 1993.