81390-92-3Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Light-driven MPV-type reduction of aryl ketones/aldehydes to alcohols with isopropanol under mild conditions
Cao, Dawei,Xia, Shumei,Pan, Pan,Zeng, Huiying,Li, Chao-Jun,Peng, Yong
supporting information, p. 7539 - 7543 (2021/10/12)
Alcohols are versatile structural motifs of pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and fine chemicals. With respect to green chemistry, the development of more sustainable and cost-efficient processes for converting ketones/aldehydes to alcohols is highly desired. Herein, a direct light-driven strategy for reducing ketones/aldehydes to alcohols using isopropanol as the reducing agent and solvent, in the presence of t-BuOLi, under an air atmosphere at room temperature is developed. This operationally simple light-promoted Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley (MPV) type reduction can be used to produce various benzylic alcohol derivatives as well as applied to bioactive molecules and PEEK model compounds, demonstrating its application potential.
