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Cover Picture: Unsupported Nanoporous Gold‐Catalyzed Chemoselective Reduction of α,β‐Unsaturated Aldehydes Using Formic Acid as Hydrogen Source (Asian J. Org. Chem. 7/2017)
Author(s) -
Butt Madiha,
Feng Xiujuan,
Yamamoto Yoshinori,
Almansour Abdulrahman I.,
Arumugam Natarajan,
Kumar Raju Suresh,
Bao Ming
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
asian journal of organic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.846
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 2193-5815
pISSN - 2193-5807
DOI - 10.1002/ajoc.201700291
Subject(s) - chemistry , formic acid , nanoporous , catalysis , selectivity , allylic rearrangement , chemoselectivity , hydrogen , organic chemistry , leaching (pedology) , combinatorial chemistry , environmental science , soil science , soil water
Mix'em all together : A straightforward, highly chemoselective hydrogenation of α,β‐unsaturated aldehydes was developed using unsupported nanoporous gold (AuNPore) as a heterogeneous catalyst with bio‐renewable formic acid (HCO 2 H) as hydrogen source. Various α,β‐unsaturated aldehydes were reduced to their corresponding allylic alcohols in good to high chemical yields with excellent selectivity. AuNPore offers several attractive features as a catalyst, such as high activity and selectivity, easy recyclability, and no leaching. More information can be found in the Full Paper by Xiujuan Feng, Ming Bao and co‐workers on page 867 in Issue 7, 2017 (DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.201700130).