Aromatic aldehydes and ketones can be reduced to the corresponding hydrocarbons in good yield by catalytic transfer reduction using cyclohexene or limonene as donor, palladium–carbon as catalyst, and a Lewis acid promotor such as ferric chloride.
G. Brieger and T. Fu, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1976, 757a DOI: 10.1039/C3976000757A
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