EventsThe 19th International Electronic Conference on Synthetic Organic Chemistry
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with-doi10.3390/ecsoc-19-a036
This submission belongs to the session a. General Organic Synthesis of the event The 19th International Electronic Conference on Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Published date
30 Oct, 2015
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Nuha al Soom, Thies Thiemann, NaBH4, CH3CO2H, Pd/C as a Reagent System to Hydrogenate Activated Alkenes Without O-or N-Debenzylation, in Proceedings of The 19th International Electronic Conference on Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 1 November–30 November 2015, MDPI: Basel, Switzerland, doi: 10.3390/ecsoc-19-a036
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NaBH4, CH3CO2H, Pd/C as a Reagent System to Hydrogenate Activated Alkenes Without O-or N-Debenzylation

Nuha al Soom 1
Thies Thiemann 1
1. Department of Chemistry, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE
Abstract
NaBH4, CH3CO2H, Pd/C has been described as a reagent system to hydrogenate alkenoates and alkenones. Here, we show that O-debenzylation does not occur under the conditions, making it possible to hydrogenate a double bond under Pd/C catalysis without O-debenzylation or N-debenzylation.
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