Polyoxometalates as Reduction Catalysts: Deoxygenation and Hydrogenation of Carbonyl Compounds

V Kogan V; Z Aizenshtat; R Neumann

Polyoxometalates as Reduction Catalysts: Deoxygenation and Hydrogenation of Carbonyl Compounds

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 1999 Nov 15;38(22):3331-3334.

Authors

V Kogan V¹, Z Aizenshtat, R Neumann

Affiliation

¹ Casali Institute of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Applied Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91904 (Israel).

PMID: 10602187

Abstract

Excellent deoxygenation of ketones and aldehydes is achieved with Keggin-type polyoxometalates in the presence of hydrogen (see Equation (1) for an example). The mixed addenda phosphovanadomolybdate [PV(2)Mo(10)O(4)](5-) was found to be the best catalyst. X-ray diffraction and IR studies suggest that the polyoxometalates are structurally stable under the strongly reducing conditions.