Patent ID: 8889913

Claim:
A process for preparing a ketone of formula (I) and an alcohol of formula (II): the process comprising transferring a hydride, in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst, between an alcohol of formula (III) and a ketone of formula (IV), present in a (III)/(IV), alcohol of formula (III)/ketone of formula (IV), molar ratio ranging from 1/8 to 1/2, said catalyst being selected from the group consisting of a zeolite, a hydroxyapatite with a Ca/P atomic ratio, a tricalcium phosphate, a magnesium phosphate, an olivine, an alumina and a rare-earth oxide, alone or as a mixture with other oxides, in which: n represents an integer ranging from 1 to 9; and R 1 and R 2 independently represent a C 1 -C 10 hydrocarbon-based group.