Facile and selective reduction of aromatic aldehydes as well as aliphatic aldehydes to alcohols was achieved using formic acid as the hydrogen donor in the presence of a catalytic amount of Pd(OAc) 2 and Cy 3 P. It was found that both hydrogen atoms in the formic acid molecule can serve as the hydride source. ... [Supplementary materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher's online edition of Synthetic Communications® for the following free ...
