Chemoselective control of hydrogenation among aromatic carbonyl and benzyl alcohol derivatives using Pd/C (en) catalyst

K Hattori, H Sajiki, K Hirota

Index: Hattori, Kazuyuki; Sajiki, Hironao; Hirota, Kosaku Tetrahedron, 2001 , vol. 57, # 23 p. 4817 - 4824

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Abstract

The hydrogenolysis of aromatic ketones and aldehydes quite smoothly give the corresponding methylene compounds via the formation of the intermediary benzyl alcohols in the presence of Pd/C as a catalyst. Therefore, it is extremely difficult to isolate the intermediary benzyl alcohol selectively. This paper describes a mild and chemoselective hydrogenation method of an aromatic carbonyl compound to benzyl alcohol using the 10 ...