Titanocene-catalysed, selective reduction of ketones in aqueous media. A safe, mild, inexpensive procedure for the synthesis of secondary alcohols via radical chemistry

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1079-1082

  Barrero, Alejandro F ^a   Rosales, Antonio ^a   Cuerva, Juan M ^a   Gansäuer, Andreas ^b   Oltra, J Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron transfer; Free radicals; Homogeneous catalysis; Ketones; Titanium

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; DEUTERIUM; KETONE; PROTON; SOLVENT; TITANIUM DERIVATIVE; TITANOCENE; WATER; ZINC;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; REDUCTION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0037467857     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(02)02703-X     Document Type: Article

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