A copper-doped porous metal oxide catalyst in combination with hydrogen shows selective and quantitative hydrogenolysis of benzyl ketones and aldehydes, and hydrogenation of alkenes. The approach provides an alternative to noble-metal catalysed reductions and stoichiometric Wolff-Kishner and Clemmensen methods.
L. Petitjean, R. Gagne, E. S. Beach, D. Xiao and P. T. Anastas, Green Chem., 2016, 18, 150 DOI: 10.1039/C5GC01464F
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