First we reduced catalyst loading and moved to a safer surrogate of acetaldehyde, then we switched to water as a solvent using DoE; we have now been able to run the reaction in water with cheaper catalyst thanks to micelles!
First we reduced catalyst loading and moved to a safer surrogate of acetaldehyde, then we switched to water as a solvent using DoE; we have now been able to run the reaction in water with cheaper catalyst thanks to micelles!