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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hideyuki Ikehira, Osaka, JP;
Kunihiko Murata, Saitama, JP;
Eiji Katayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Masami Kozawa, Chiba, JP;
Toru Yokozawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Ohkuma, Aichi, JP;
Takao Ikariya, Tokyo, JP;
Ryoji Noyori, Aichi, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 2/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 2/700 ;
Abstract
Alcohols are produced in a practical and advantageous method, by the hydrogenation of a carbonyl compound under mild conditions, by reacting the carbonyl compounds with hydrogen in the presence of a bipyridyl derivative, a group VIII transition metal complex, and a base, or by reducing a carbonyl compound in the presence of a bipyridyl derivative, a group VIII transition metal complex, a base, and an alcoholic solvent.