New greener alternatives for bioreduction of aromatic aldehydes and decarboxylation of aromatic acids using juice of fruits

Cocos nucifera L and Borassus flabellifer I.. juices act as bio catalytic system for the reduction of aromatic aldehydes to alcohols and selective decarboxylation of substituted cinnamic acid to styrene and substituted benzoic acid to polyphenolic compound. Both juices exhibit good activity when aromatic aldehydes and aromatic acids contain electron-donating groups at specific positions. Moreover, C. nucifera juice exhibits good result for the reduction and decarboxylation properties than B. flabellifer juice under the same reaction condition. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.