Reduction of organic compounds with rare-earth intermetallics containing absorbed hydrogen

T Imamoto, T Mita, M Yokoyama

Index: Imamoto, Tsuneo; Mita, Takeshi; Yokoyama, Masataka Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1987 ,  vol. 52,  # 26  p. 5695 - 5699

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Abstract

The hydrogenation of a,@-unsaturated carboxylic acids or esters proceeded smoothly at room temperature to yield the corresponding saturated carboxylic acids or esters (entries 19- 21).* For a,@-unsaturated carbonyl compounds, the conjugated double bond was most easily hydrogenated, but the subsequent reduction of the carbonyl