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Iridium‐Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Carboxylic Acid Esters
Author(s) -
Junge Kathrin,
Wendt Bianca,
Jiao Haijun,
Beller Matthias
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201402421
Subject(s) - iridium , pincer movement , catalysis , chemistry , carboxylic acid , organic chemistry , combinatorial chemistry
The first selective iridium‐catalyzed hydrogenations of esters are presented. By using a commercially available iridium pincer complex more than 20 different aromatic, aliphatic, and (hetero)cyclic esters are reduced to the corresponding alcohols in moderate to very good yields. An outer‐sphere mechanism is proposed on the basis of our computational analysis.