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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 1983
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Montedison, S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568315 ; 568347 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a process for the reduction of .alpha.-,.beta.-unsaturated linear homo- and heterocyclic ketones by a transfer of hydrogen from an alcohol donor to said unsaturated ketone. The alcohol donor must be unsubstituted or substituted with an inert group. Also the alcohol donor may be a primary or secondary alcohol or a glycol. The process is a catalytic one and is carried out in the presence of complexed iridium and rhodium catalysts of the following formulae: ##STR1## wherein: M is selected from Ir and Rh;