General Characteristics Lithium Alminum Hydride (LAH) is a powerful reducing reagent with the specific formula of LiAlH4. LAH reduces not only ketones and aldehydes but also carboxylic acids and ...
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Noyori Asymmetric Hydrogenation
General Characteristics The asymmetric hydrogenation of olefins and ketones catalyzed by Ru(II)-BINAP and related ruthenium complexes is called the Noyori hydrogenation. The hydrogenation of olefins ...