LETTER	Synlett 2007: 0330-0332   DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-968005
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York
Pd/P(t-Bu)3: A Mild Catalyst for Selective Reduction of Alkenes under ­Transfer-Hydrogenation Conditions
Jean Michel Brunel*
Laboratoire Synthèse et Etude de Substances Naturelles à Activités Biologiques (SESNAB), Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de St Jérôme, Case 342, Université Paul Cézanne, Aix-Marseille III, Avenue Escadrille Normandie Niémen, 13397 Marseille cedex 20, France e-Mail: bruneljm@yahoo.fr;
Received 15 September 2006

Abstract

A new and efficient mild Pd/P(t-Bu)₃ catalyst for selective reduction of various alkenes under transfer-hydrogenation conditions has been developed leading to the corresponding saturated derivatives in chemical yields varying from 65% to 98%.

Key words

palladium - reduction of alkenes - tri-tert-butyl phosphine - transfer hydrogenation - catalysis