Catalytic transfer-hydrogenations of olefins in glycerol

Original Article

JOURNAL 165

Organic Communications

VOLUME & ISSUE

Year: 2010 Issue: 4 October-December

PAGES

p.70 - 75

STATISTICS

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AUTHORS

Dorith Tavor, Sergay Popov, Christina Dlugy and Adi Wolfson

GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

Glycerol has been successfully employed as a green solvent and hydrogen donor in the biphasic catalytic transfer-hydrogenation of olefins over Pd/C to yield the corresponding paraffins and dihydroxyacetone, respectively. The use of glycerol eased product separation and catalyst recycling and allowed for microwave-assisted reactions.

KEYWORDS

Glycerol
catalysis
transfer-hydrogenation
green chemistry