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SUBMITTER: Basu B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2633666 | biostudies-literature | 2008
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Basu Basudeb B Mandal Bablee B Das Sajal S Das Pralay P Nanda Ashis K AK
Beilstein journal of organic chemistry 20081219
A simple, chemoselective transfer hydrogenation of aryl aldehydes with the aid of Amberlite((R)) resin formate (ARF), a stable H-donor, in the presence of catalytic ruthenium trichloride is described. Aromatic aldehydes and 1,2-diketones are reduced efficiently and selectively, while aryl ketones remain unchanged. Several other potentially reducible groups attached to the aromatic moiety are unaffected. ...[more]