Organometallic catalysis in aqueous solutions. The biphasic transfer hydrogenation of aldehydes catalyzed by water-soluble phosphine complexes of ruthenium, rhodium and iridium

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0304-5102(90)85035-G

Aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes can be reduced to the corresponding alcohols by hydrogen transfer from formate using, as catalysts, water-soluble complexes of Ru(II), Rh(I) and Ir(I) with monosulphonated triphenylphosphine in aqueous/organic biphasic sys