A solvent-controlled highly efficient Pd-C catalyzed hydrogenolysis of benzaldehydes to methylbenzenes via a novel 'acetal pathway'

Tetrahedron

Volumn 63, Issue 38, 2007, Pages 9382-9386

  Xing, Lixin ^a   Wang, Xinyan ^a   Cheng, Chuanjie ^a   Zhu, Rui ^a   Liu, Bo ^a   Hu, Yuefei ^a  

^a Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

Benzaldehydes; Hydrogenolysis; Pd C catalyst; Solvent controlled

Indexed keywords

ACETAL; ALCOHOL; BENZALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; PALLADIUM; SOLVENT; TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; HYDROGENATION; HYDROGENOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SOLVENT EFFECT; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

EID: 34547602950     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2007.06.105     Document Type: Article

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