Silver-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Ketones under Mild Conditions

Shengdong Wang (1) , Haiyun Huang (1) , Svetlana Tsareva (2) , Christian Bruneau (1) , Cedric Fischmeister (1)

1 ISCR - Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes
2 ScanMAT - Synthèse Caractérisation Analyse de la Matière

The silver‐catalyzed hydrogenation of ketones using H2 as hydrogen source is reported. Silver nanoparticles are generated from simple silver (I) salts and operate at 25 °C under 20 bar of hydrogen pressure. Various aliphatic and aromatic ketones, including natural products were reduced into the corresponding alcohols in high yields. This silver catalyst allows for the selective hydrogenation of ketones in the presence of other functional groups.

Mots clés: Silver; Nanoparticles; Hydrogenation; Ketones; Catalysis

Domaines: Catalyse

Shengdong Wang, Haiyun Huang, Svetlana Tsareva, Christian Bruneau, Cedric Fischmeister. Silver-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Ketones under Mild Conditions. Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, 2019, 361 (4), pp.786-790. ⟨10.1002/adsc.201801523⟩. ⟨hal-01988004⟩