Abstract
Aromatic aldehydes are reduced to the corresponding alcohols in dioxane at 80°C in the presence of a catalytic amount of a ruthenium catalyst together with KOH in moderate to good yields.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 368-369 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Journal of Chemical Research - Part S |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jun 2003 |
Keywords
- Alcohols
- Aldehydes
- Cannizzaro reaction
- Ruthenium catalyst
- Transfer hydrogenation