Efficient Ruthenium-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation/Hydrogenation of 1,3-Cycloalkanediones to 1,3-Cycloalkanediols Using Microwave Heating

A number of 1,3-cycloalkanediones were efficiently reduced to the corresponding diols in good yield by the use of a ruthenium catalyst, 2-propanol, and hydrogen gas under microwave heating.