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Chemical Communications

Reduction of carbonyl groups to the corresponding methylenes with Ni–Al alloy in water

Keiko Ishimoto,a   Yoshiharu Mitoma,b   Satoko Nagashima,a   Hideki Tashiro,c   G. K. Surya Prakash,c   George A. Olahc  and  Masashi Tashiro*c  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Industrial Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Tohwa University, 1-1-1 Chikushigaoka, Minami-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
E-mail: keiko@tohwa-u.ac.jp.

b Department of Bioscience Development, School of Biosciences, Hiroshima Prefectural University, 562 Nanatsuka-cho, Shobara, City, Hiroshima, Japan
E-mail: mitomay@bio.hiroshima-pu.ac.jp.

c Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute, University of Southern California, 837 Bloom Walk, LHI, Los Angeles, California, USA
E-mail: mtashiro@usc.edu.

Abstract

The reduction of carbonyl compounds 1a–h using Ni–Al alloy in water under reflux proceeded to give the corresponding methylene compounds 2a–h within 2 h in 89.0–99.8% relative yields.

Graphical abstract: Reduction of carbonyl groups to the corresponding methylenes with Ni–Al alloy in water

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B211571A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
21 Nov 2002
Accepted
31 Dec 2002
First published
23 Jan 2003

Chem. Commun., 2003, 514-515

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Reduction of carbonyl groups to the corresponding methylenes with Ni–Al alloy in water

K. Ishimoto, Y. Mitoma, S. Nagashima, H. Tashiro, G. K. S. Prakash, G. A. Olah and M. Tashiro, Chem. Commun., 2003, 514 DOI: 10.1039/B211571A

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