SELECTIVE REDUCTION OF CONJUGATED DOUBLE BONDS WITH MOLECULAR HYDROGEN AND PALLADIUM(II) COMPLEXED TO FERROCENYLAMINE SULFIDE CATALYSTS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(91)80065-E

Highly catalytic chemo- and regioselectivity have been achieved for the reduction of carbon-carbon double bonds conjugated to different unsaturated functional groups by molecular hydrogen and palladium(II) complexes of ferrocenylamine sulfides.Chemical yields and selectivities were more than 99percent in many cases.