1-Phenyl-1-propanone → 1-Phenyl-1-propanol

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12.2 mg (2×10-5 moles) of [Ir(PPEI)COD]+ClO4- (+) were suspended in 50 ml of isopropanol and oxidized with air for 4 hours. The resulting solution was degasified for 20 minutes at reflux in a nitrogen stream and then treated with 1.88 ml of a deaerated isopropanol solution of KOH (4 mg of KOH). The solution, after a preliminary 30-minute reduction in a nitrogen stream, was treated with 2.56 ml of deaerated propiophenone. After 150 minutes a conversion to phenylpropanol (+) of 96.6% with an e.e. of 26.1% was obtained. Ratios:

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