| Chemical and Energy Engineering |
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| Hydrogen transfer reduction of ketones using formic acid as a hydrogen donor under hydrothermal conditions |
| Zheng SHEN, Fang-ming JIN, Ya-lei ZHANG, Bing WU, Jiang-lin CAO |
| State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, MOE Key Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China |
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Abstract The hydrothermal experiments with ketones and formic acid showed that the hydrogen transfer reduction of ketones can be conducted using formic acid as a hydride donor in the presence of NaOH at 300 °C. The yield of alcohols was considerably higher at a much lower ratio of hydrogen source to ketones than the traditional Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley (MPV) reduction, reaching 60% for isopropanol from acetone and 70% for lactic acid from pyruvic acid. Water molecules may act as a catalyst in the hydrogen transfer reduction of ketones under hydrothermal conditions.
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Received: 08 June 2009
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