Issue 4, 2012
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New Journal of Chemistry

Selective reduction of phenol derivatives to cyclohexanones in water under microwave irradiation

Haiyang Cheng,ab   Ruixia Liu,a   Qiang Wang,a   Chaoyong Wu,a   Yancun Yuab  and  Fengyu Zhao*ab  

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a State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
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b Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Process, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China

Abstract

Selective reduction of phenol to cyclohexanone over the Pd/C catalyst in the presence of a hydrogen source of HCOONa/H2O has been studied. Surprisingly, phenol was transformed efficiently to cyclohexanone in an excellent yield of above 98% under microwave irradiation. The influence of some parameters like reaction temperature, time and amount of hydrogen donor, as well as the reaction pathway has been discussed. The combination of microwave irradiation and HCOONa/H2O was certified to be effective for the reduction of phenol as well as its derivatives to their corresponding cyclohexanones.

Graphical abstract: Selective reduction of phenol derivatives to cyclohexanones in water under microwave irradiation

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2NJ20990J
Article type
Paper
Submitted
27 Nov 2011
Accepted
13 Feb 2012
First published
27 Feb 2012

New J. Chem., 2012,36, 1085-1090

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Selective reduction of phenol derivatives to cyclohexanones in water under microwave irradiation

H. Cheng, R. Liu, Q. Wang, C. Wu, Y. Yu and F. Zhao, New J. Chem., 2012, 36, 1085 DOI: 10.1039/C2NJ20990J

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