Ruthenium-catalyzed reduction of allylic alcohols: an efficient isomerization/transfer hydrogenation tandem process

Victorio Cadierno; Javier Francos; José Gimeno; Noel Nebra

doi:10.1039/b618573h

Ruthenium-catalyzed reduction of allylic alcohols: an efficient isomerization/transfer hydrogenation tandem process

Chem Commun (Camb). 2007 Jun 28:(24):2536-8. doi: 10.1039/b618573h. Epub 2007 Mar 19.

Authors

Victorio Cadierno¹, Javier Francos, José Gimeno, Noel Nebra

Affiliation

¹ Departamento de Química Orgánica e Inorgánica, Instituto Universitario de Química Organometálica Enrique Moles (Unidad Asociada al C.S.I.C.), Universidad de Oviedo, 33071, Oviedo, Spain. vcm@uniovi.es

PMID: 17563821
DOI: 10.1039/b618573h

Abstract

A simple and highly efficient method for the selective reduction of the C=C bond in allylic alcohols has been developed using the ruthenium(II) catalyst [{RuCl(mu-Cl)(eta(6)-C(6)Me(6)}2].