Issue 7, 2019

Iron catalysed selective reduction of esters to alcohols

Abstract

The reaction of (dppBIAN)FeCl2 with 3 equivalents of n-BuLi affords a catalytically active anionic Fe complex; the nature of the anionic complex was probed using EPR and IR experiments and is proposed to involve a dearomatized, radical, ligand scaffold. This complex is an active catalyst for the hydrosilylation of esters to afford alcohols; loadings as low as 1 mol% were employed.

Graphical abstract: Iron catalysed selective reduction of esters to alcohols

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
26 10 2018
Accepted
18 12 2018
First published
18 12 2018

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2019,17, 1834-1838

Iron catalysed selective reduction of esters to alcohols

S. R. Tamang, A. F. Cozzolino and M. Findlater, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2019, 17, 1834 DOI: 10.1039/C8OB02661K

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