1: benzyl-trimethyl-ammonium hydroxide 2: acetic acid; water; sulfuric acid 3: platinum; ethanol / Hydrogenation View Scheme

ethanol; sodium ethanolate; acetaldehyde T=0°C;

hydrogen in water T=45°C; P=760 Torr; 24 h; <PhCCH>/<Co> : 1; Yield given. Further byproducts given. Yields of byproduct given;

sodium hydroxide; N-benzyl-N,N,N-triethylammonium chloride

pentacyanocobaltate(II)(3-); hydrogen in water P=760 Torr; 24 h; different reaction time, other solvent, different reagent ratio (effect of 2,2'-bipyridyl on product distribution); Product distribution;