Meerwein-Pondrof-Varley reduction reaction mechanism

This presentation provides the Meerwein-Pondrof-Varley reduction reaction mechanism

1. Course No: Chem-4107 Organic Reaction Mechanism MEERWEIN-PONNDORF-VERLEY REDUCTION Submitted By: Tapon Kumar Kundu Student ID: 201820

2. INTRODUCTION The Meerwein–Ponndorf–Verley (MPV) reduction in organic chemistry is the reduction of ketones and aldehydes to their corresponding alcohols utilizing aluminium isopropoxide catalysis in the presence of a sacrificial alcohol ( isopropanol ). The advantages of the MPV reduction lie in its high chemo-selectivity and its use of a cheap environmentally friendly metal catalyst. Aldehydes are reduced to primary alcohols and ketones to secondary alcohols. 2

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