Chemoselective transfer hydrogenation of α, β-unsaturated aldehydes to allylic alcohols using formic acid catalyzed by polymer-bound Rh carbonyl clusters

T Mizugaki, Y Kanayama, K Ebitani…

Index: Mizugaki, Tomoo; Kanayama, Yoshinori; Ebitani, Kohki; Kaneda, Kiyotomi Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1998 , vol. 63, # 7 p. 2378 - 2381

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Abstract

Chemoselective hydrogenation of R, β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds to the corresponding allylic alcohols has been continuously studied due to the high potential utility of allylic alcohols. 1 We have already reported that the catalyst system consisting of Rh6 (CO) 16 and amines had high activities for the hydrogenation of R, β-unsaturated aldehydes under the water-gas shift reaction conditions2 or in the presence of hydrogen and carbon ...