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   VERLEY (MEERWEIN-PONNDORF) reduction


mechanism:


 remarks:

  • hydride transfert reaction
  • The opposite reaction is the Oppenauer oxidation, in the presence of an excess of acetone.


references:

Synthesis 1994, 1007.
JACS 2000, 122, 1927.