Potassium Hydroxide → 2-Methyl-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 yellow solution was then degasified at reflux for 20 minutes in a nitrogen flow and successively treated with 4.4 ml of a deaerated isopropanol solution of KOH (4 mg of KOH), effecting a preliminary reduction for 30 minutes at reflux in N2. 3.0 ml of deaerated isobutyrophenone was then added to the solution. After 120 minutes a conversion to phenylisopropylcarbinol (+) of 92.1% with an e.e. of 13% was obtained. Ratios:

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