Sciencemadness Discussion Board

Urushibara Catalysts

Filemon - 16-7-2006 at 14:00

Does the Urushibara reduce imine?

[Edited on 16-7-2006 by Filemon]

solo - 16-7-2006 at 14:55

This is some information which may be of use.........solo

http://designer-drugs.com/pte/12.162.180.114/dcd/chemistry/u...

flyingbanana - 21-7-2006 at 13:50

I've never been able to get this catalyst to work...I think it is very picky to the quality of your reagents and the preparation. I even have a copy of the original book where that article is from

not_important - 21-7-2006 at 20:56

Think they should have given you this link

http://designer-drugs.com/pte/12.162.180.114/dcd/chemistry/r...

Urushibara cats work, just need to note the limitations, similar to Raney. They tend to be more forgiving of reagent quality than Raney, but there are limits.