10.18453/rosdok_id00002267 Xia, Tian Tian Xia http://d-nb.info/gnd/1162512601 Universität Rostock 2018 540 Chemistry & allied sciences 2018 en http://purl.uni-rostock.de/rosdok/id00002267 urn:nbn:de:gbv:28-diss2018-0103-8 This thesis mainly describes the isomerization of allylic and homo-allylic alcohols to the corresponding carbonyl compounds in the presence of inexpensive transition metal complexes. [Fe(PNP)(CO)HCl] (PNP=di-(2-diisopropylphosphanyl-ethyl)amine), activated in situ with KOtBu, is a highly active catalyst for the isomerization of allylic and homo-allylic alcohols to ketones without an external hydrogen supply. High reaction rates were obtained at 80 oC, but the catalyst is also sufficiently active at room temperature with most substrates.