PROCESSES FOR THE PREPARATION OF ALCOHOLS

摘要

Alcohols are prepared practically advantageously through hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds under mild conditions either by reacting a carbonyl compound 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.