Table 2. The effect of reaction temperature on the reduction of benzyl phenyl ether ^a .

Entry	Temperature (°C)	Con (%)	Yield (%)
			1	2	3	4
1	100	4.3	4.3	4.3	—	—
2 b	100	100	100	87.5	0.3	12.2
3	120	25.5	25.5	23.3	0.2	1.9
4	130	55.3	55.3	50.5	0.5	4.3
5	140	88.5	88.5	75.5	1.1	11.9
6	150	100	100	22.4	1.6	73.1
7	160	100	100	6.8	0.9	92.3

^aReaction conditions: benzyl phenyl ether (185 mg, 1 mmol), Ni/Al₂O₃-600 (20 mg), iso-propanol (10 mL), 3 h, stirring at 1000 rpm.

^bThe reaction time was 48 h.