‡ These authors contributed equally to this work
Abstract
An efficient heterogeneous palladium-catalyzed transfer hydrogenolysis of primary,
secondary, and tertiary benzylic alcohols using formic acid as hydrogen source has
been developed. The resulting hydrocarbon products were obtained in excellent yields.
Moreover, the system exhibits high chemoselectivity, reacting only with the hydroxy
groups in the presence of other functional groups, and excellent recyclability.
Key words
benzylic alcohols - heterogeneous catalysis - catalytic transfer hydrogenolysis -
formic acid
