A novel method to convert ketones and aldehydes to the corresponding alcohols

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919808004859

A novel method of converting aldehydes and ketones to the corresponding alcohols based on selective indirective electroreduction was found, in which EtOH was used as a support electrolyte and Al(OC₂H₅)₃ as intermedia that was produced on spot reduction by electrolysis. The reaction took place in a cell with two Al electrodes.

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A Novel Method to Convert
Ketones and Aldehydes to
the Corresponding Alcohols
Yang Wei-Dong a , Yang Chi b & Wu An-Xing c
a Department of Chemistry , Zhongshang
University , Guangzhou, 510275, China
b Department of Chemical Engineering ,
Guangdong University of Technology ,
Guangzhou, 510090, China
c Department of Chemistry , Lanzhou
University , Lanzhou, 730000, China
Published online: 20 Aug 2006.
To cite this article: Yang Wei-Dong , Yang Chi & Wu An-Xing (1998) A Novel
Method to Convert Ketones and Aldehydes to the Corresponding Alcohols,
Synthetic Communications: An International Journal for Rapid Communication of
Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 28:15, 2827-2830, DOI: 10.1080/00397919808004859
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