Pd/P(t-Bu)3: A Mild Catalyst for Selective Reduction of Alkenes under Transfer-Hydrogenation Conditions
Jean Michel Brunel*
*Laboratoire Synthèse et Etude de Substances Naturelles à Activités
Biologiques (SESNAB), Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de St Jérôme, Case 342,
Université Paul Cézanne, Aix-Marseille III, Avenue Escadrille Normandie Niémen,
13397 Marseille cedex 20, France, Email: bruneljm
yahoo.fr
J. M. Brunel, Synlett, 2007, 330-332.
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-968005
Abstract
Pd/P(t-Bu)3 is an efficient and mild catalyst for selective reduction of various alkenes under transfer-hydrogenation conditions leading to the corresponding saturated derivatives in good yields.
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Key Words
palladium, reduction of alkenes, reduction of α,β-unsaturated compounds, tri-tert-butyl phosphine, transfer hydrogenation, formic acid, catalysis
ID: J60-Y2007-0880
