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Among the oxides, only four, namely, MgO, ZrO2\u00b7nH2O, ZrO2, and Al2O3, exhibited good or high activity. The reaction products are diastereoisomeric alcohols, the relative ratio of which depends on the structure of the ketone, mode of reaction, temperature, and, in the liquid-phase mode, reaction time. The results of vapor-phase CTH revealed that, in this mode of reaction, the diastereoselectivity to the trans isomer is lower than in the liquid phase. For the three x-methylcyclohexanones, the most pronounced difference between the experimental values and reference values was noted for x = 3. For bicyclic ketones, the implementation of heterogeneous catalysts allowed us to obtain a substantial excess of the less favorable diastereomer. 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