ISBN: | 978-5-5137-0349-5 |
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley (MPV) Reduction in organic chemistry is the reduction of ketones and aldehydes to their corresponding alcohols utilizing aluminumalkoxide catalysis in the presence of a sacrificial alcohol. The beauty in the MPV reduction lies in its high chemoselectivity, and its use of a cheap environmentally friendly metal catalyst.