Issue 9, 2009
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Green Chemistry

Revisiting the Meerwein–Ponndorf–Verley reduction: a sustainable protocol for transfer hydrogenation of aldehydes and ketones

Vivek Polshettiwar*a  and  Rajender S. Varma*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Sustainable Technology Division, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, MS 443, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
E-mail: vivekpol@yahoo.com, varma.rajender@.epa.gov
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Abstract

An economical and sustainable transfer hydrogenation for aldehydes and ketones is described. The general protocol is mild, chemo-selective and, importantly, uses neither precious nor non-precious metals and even no ligands.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B913079A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
18 May 2009
Accepted
23 Jun 2009
First published
15 Jul 2009

Green Chem., 2009,11, 1313-1316

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Revisiting the Meerwein–Ponndorf–Verley reduction: a sustainable protocol for transfer hydrogenation of aldehydes and ketones

V. Polshettiwar and R. S. Varma, Green Chem., 2009, 11, 1313 DOI: 10.1039/B913079A

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