Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation of Unsaturated Ketones and Imides via Ammonium Formate
- 1 November 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Synthetic Communications
- Vol. 28 (22) , 4193-4200
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00397919809458700
Abstract
Ammonium formate in acetic acid in presence of Pd-C catalyst efficiently converts open chain α,β-unsaturated ketones and cyclic enones to their saturated ketone analogues. The system converts enimides to saturated imides. An unsaturated non-conjugated cyclic dienone was also reduced by this system.Keywords
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