Abstract Reduction of the carbonyl group of ketones to a methylene unit is widely applied in organic syntheses. In this article, we report that trialkoxylsilane/Zn-based catalyst systems may be applied in the reduction of the carbonyl groups of α, β-unsaturated ketones to methylene units under very mild conditions. In comparison with other Zn-based catalysts, excellent rates and high conversions of α, β-unsaturated ketones to methylene units are ...
