Method for reduction of reducible groups

US4372893A · kind A · utility

Inventor

• Heiner Eckert · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 6, 1980
• Grant date: Feb 8, 1983
• Expiry date: Oct 6, 2000

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12C11/02
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Selective reduction of compounds containing reducible nitro-, nitroso-, nitrilo-, oximes or double bonds is effected by the use of a metal macrocyclic compound in prereduced form, such as a metal phthalocyanine or a metal porphyrin.