Abstract
Notwithstanding that the highly selective hydrogenation of α,β-enones to allylic alcohols can be realized by using Noyori's Ru bifunctional system, the selective reduction of the C=C bonds in α,β-enones without touching the C=O bonds still lacks a general, simple, and efficient procedure. Ruthenium-catalyzed conjugate hydrogenation of various α,β-enones to saturated ketones with high selectivity was investigated. The most important feature of this procedure was that hydrogen in situ generated from paraformaldehyde (or formalin) and water was employed as the reductant.
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