1, 3-Bis (2, 4, 6-trimethylphenyl) imidazolium chloride in combination with triethylamine: an improved catalytic system for hydroacylation/reduction of activated ketones
A rapid, economic, and high yielding methodology has been developed for hydroacylation/ reduction of activated ketones by using 1, 3-bis (2, 4, 6-trimethylphenyl) imidazolium chloride as a catalyst in combination with triethylamine. The reaction proceeded at an ambient temperature via generating N-heterocyclic carbene in situ that interacted with the (hetero) aryl aldehyde employed. While the reduction of ketones takes place in MeOH, the ...