Synthetic Communications

Raney Nickel–Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids with Sodium Borohydride in Water

GK Rao, NB Gowda, RA Ramakrishna

Index: Rao, Gopal Krishna; Gowda, Narendra B.; Ramakrishna, Ramesha A. Synthetic Communications, 2012 , vol. 42, # 6 p. 893 - 904

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Abstract

Reduction of olefin is an important transformation in organic chemistry and is very well reviewed in the literature. [ 1 1. (a) Hudlicky , M. Reductions in Organic Chemistry ; John Wiley & Sons : New York , 1984 ; (b) Raylander , PN Hydrogenation Methods ; Academic Press : San Diego , 1994 ; (c) Kendall, JK; Fisher, TH An improved synthesis of 6,8-dimethoxy-3-methylisocoumarin , a fungal metabolite precursor. J. Org. Chem. 1989, 54, 4218–4220; (d) Woodword RB; ...