In the early 1990's a copper-hydride catalyst developed by Stryker and co-workers was heralded as a major advancement in the conversion of a,b-unsaturated ketones to saturated ketones.  A polymer bound copper-hydride catalyst based on Stryker's reagent has been synthesized.  The polymer bound copper-hydride catalyst was used to convert cyclohexanone to a silyl enol ether.  The copper catalyst was removed from the reaction mixture by filtration, isolated and reused.

Synthesis of a polymer bound copper-hydride catalyst

245th National Meeting (2013)

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