One-Step Reduction of Chalcones to Saturated Alcohols by Ammonium Formate/Palladium on Carbon: A Versatile Method

Title: One-Step Reduction of Chalcones to Saturated Alcohols by Ammonium Formate/Palladium on Carbon: A Versatile Method

Volume: 3 Issue: 1

Author(s): Carlos K. Z. Andrade and Wender A. Silva

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Keywords: Chalcones, catalytic transfer hydrogenation (CTH), ammonium formate

Abstract: Several chalcones are reduced directly to the corresponding saturated alcohols, in a catalytic transfer hydrogenation process, by use of the ammonium formate/palladium on carbon system in very good yields.

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Andrade K. Z. Carlos and Silva A. Wender, One-Step Reduction of Chalcones to Saturated Alcohols by Ammonium Formate/Palladium on Carbon: A Versatile Method, Letters in Organic Chemistry 2006; 3 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157017806774964440