Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley Reduction of Ketones and Aldehydes Catelyzed by Lantanide Tri-2-propoxides

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1987.181

Lantanide tri-2-propoxides, Ln(i-PrO)3 (Ln=Nd, Eu, Gd, Dy, Er, Tm, Yb), are very efficient for the catalytic Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley reduction.The catalytic activity of Gd(i-PrO)3 is about 1E3 times as high as that of Al(i-PrO)3.Compared with Gd(i-PRO)3, Yb(i-PrO)3 is less active for the reduction of ketones but is efficient for that of aldehydes.