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| Title: |
A greener organic chemistry experiment: reduction of citronellal to citronellol using poly(methylhydro)siloxane |
| Author: |
O'Brien, Kathryn E. Wicht, Denyce K. |
| Appeared in: |
Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews |
| Paging: | Volume 1 (2008) nr. 3 pages 149-154 |
| Year: |
2008-09 |
| Contents: |
An undergraduate organic chemistry experiment based on literature reports in which the aldehyde functionality of citronellal is reduced to the primary alcohol is reported. The reducing agent, poly(methylhydro)siloxane (PMHS), is activated via a catalytic amount of fluoride. This polymeric reducing agent can be introduced as a safer, and thus, greener, alternative to sodium borohydride in the undergraduate laboratory setting, as PMHS is stable to air and water. The execution of this experiment requires standard organic chemistry techniques and the reduced substrate is analyzed via IR spectroscopy. |
| Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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