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Organic Reactions Volume 4 - Sciencemadness Dot Org

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CHAPTER 7<br />

THE ROSENMUND REDUCTION OF ACID CHLORIDES<br />

TO ALDEHYDES<br />

ERICH MOSETTIG<br />

National Institute of Health, U. S, Public Health Service<br />

AND<br />

RALPH MOZINGO<br />

Merck and Company, Inc.<br />

CONTENTS<br />

PAGE<br />

INTRODUCTION 362<br />

SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS OF THE REACTION 363<br />

EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS AND REAGENTS 366<br />

Preparation of the Acid Chloride 366<br />

The Hydrogen 367<br />

The Solvent 367<br />

The Catalyst 367<br />

The Regulator 367<br />

General Precautions , 368<br />

EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES 368<br />

Preparation of the Regulator (Quinoline-Sulfur) 368<br />

Preparation of Palladium-Barium Sulfate 368<br />

Preparation of 1-Accnaphthaldehyde 369<br />

Preparation of 3-Phenanthraldehyde 369<br />

2- and 9-Phenanthraldehydes 370<br />

TABLES OF ACID CHLORIDES REDUCED BY THE ROSENMUND METHOD . . . . 370<br />

I Aliphatic, Hydroaromatic, and Aliphatic-Aromatic Aldehydes . . . . 371<br />

II Aromatic Aldehydes 373<br />

III Heterocyclic Aldehydes 375<br />

INTRODUCTION<br />

In the synthesis of complex molecules, particularly in connection with<br />

natural products, it is occasionally desirable to prepare an aldehyde<br />

when the readily available starting material is the corresponding acid.<br />

362

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