The Journal of organic chemistry

Hydrogen-free homogeneous catalytic reduction of olefins in aqueous solutions

C Gaviglio, F Doctorovich

Index: Gaviglio, Carina; Doctorovich, Fabio Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2008 , vol. 73, # 14 p. 5379 - 5384

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Abstract

Herein we report a study involving the homogeneous catalytic reduction of unsaturated substrates in aqueous solutions or water− organic solvent mixtures. The reduction of olefins has been carried out in the presence of catalytic amounts of [Fe (CN) 5NH3] 3-and excess of NH2OH, which under mild reaction conditions can be used to reduce carbon− carbon unsaturations without affecting carbonyl functionalities and aromatic rings. To explore the ...