We present a mechanistic study on the role of the ligand layer in promoting chemoselective hydrogenation of an α,β-unsaturated aldehyde acrolein toward propanol over functionalized heterogeneous ...

We disclose a facile, aerobic, transition-metal-free, direct, and regiospecific mono-α-arylation of ketones to yield aryl benzyl and (cyclo)alkyl benzyl ketones with substitution patterns that are ...