Open AccessReduction of Aldehydes and Ketones to Corresponding Alcohols Using Diammonium Hydrogen Phosphite and Commercial Zinc Dust
Author(s) -
K. Anil Kumar,
D. Channe Gowda
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-9063
pISSN - 2090-9071
DOI - 10.1155/2011/493685
Subject(s) - zinc , catalysis , chemistry , hydrogen , yield (engineering) , aldehyde , organic chemistry , reduction (mathematics) , nuclear chemistry , materials science , metallurgy , mathematics , geometry
A mild and an efficient system has been developed for the reduction of aromatic aldehydes and ketones to their corresponding alcohols in good yield using inexpensive commercial zinc dust as catalyst and diammonium hydrogen phosphite as a hydrogen donor
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