Chemoselective Ruthenium??Catalysed Reduction of Carboxylic Acids

JA Fernández??Salas, S Manzini…

Index: Fernandez-Salas, Jose A.; Manzini, Simone; Nolan, Steven P. Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, 2014 , vol. 356, # 2-3 p. 308 - 312

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Abstract: A very general and efficient catalytic protocol for the selective reduction of carboxylic acids to their corresponding alcohols under mild conditions is described. Various carboxylic acids, including benzoic acids, were reduced in good yields using the ...