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This study reports that Sm(OCH2R)(3)(5%)/RCH2OH/4A molecular sieves (R
= CH3, CH3CH2) are efficient catalysts for the chemoselective Meerwei
n-Ponndorf-Verley (MPV) type reduction of aldehydes in presence of ket
onic carbonyl groups.