well i was looking thru an old organic chem book and i came upon an interesting reduction of carboxylic acids to aldehydes
it involves producing an acyl halide then reducing that with H2,Pd,and BaSO4 and a catalyst moderator
well i have two questions about this
first without the moderator will it be reduced to a methyl group or an alcohol group
and if i get an aldehyde can that be reduced just like pheylacetone or does the double bonded O need to be on the middle carbon in the chain?
any answers to these questions or referenced to patents would be greatly apriciated
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