Process for the preparation of alcohols
US6046127A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 15, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 4, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 15, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C2601/16
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Aldehydes, ketones, esters and lactones may be reduced using a reductant system consisting of a silane derivative and a metal hydride to give good yields of the corresponding alcohols. The reductant system used in the method enables preferential reduction of the carbonyl function. In one embodiment, the reductant system consists of polymethylhydroxysilane and a metal hydride, the hydride being prepared in situ or ex situ from a metal salt or complex by means of a reaction with a reducing agent.
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