ketone reduction
Ketone reduction is the chemical process of converting ketones, which are organic compounds containing a carbonyl group, into secondary alcohols using a reducing agent.
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Related Concepts (17)
- catalytic ketone reduction
- chemoselective ketone reduction
- enantioselective ketone reduction
- ketone functional groups
- ketone reduction in asymmetric synthesis
- ketone reduction in natural product synthesis
- ketone reduction in pharmaceutical synthesis
- ketone reduction using biocatalysts
- ketone reduction using boranes
- ketone reduction using hydrogenation
- ketone reduction using metal hydrides
- ketone reduction using organocatalysis
- ketones
- mechanisms of ketone reduction reactions
- reduction of ketone to alcohol
- reduction of α,β-unsaturated ketones
- regioselective ketone reduction
Similar Concepts
- biocatalytic ketone reduction
- ketone catabolism
- ketone formation
- ketone metabolism
- ketone oxidation
- ketone production in the body
- ketone re-esterification
- ketone reactions
- ketone reactivity
- ketone synthesis
- ketone synthesis via reductive amination of carbonyl compounds
- ketone testing
- oxidation of ketones
- reduction of ketones to alcohols
- reduction of ketones to alkanes