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Two Iron Catalysts are Better than One: A General and Convenient Reduction of Aromatic and Aliphatic Primary Amides
Author(s) -
Das Shoubhik,
Wendt Bianca,
Möller Konstanze,
Junge Kathrin,
Beller Matthias
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201108155
Subject(s) - primary (astronomy) , catalysis , chemistry , reduction (mathematics) , organic chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , mathematics , physics , geometry , astronomy
It takes two : For the reduction of amides to amines iron catalysts were developed. A combination of two different iron catalysts made possible the challenging reduction of primary amides (see picture).