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Iron‐Catalyzed Reduction of Carboxylic Esters to Alcohols
Author(s) -
Junge Kathrin,
Wendt Bianca,
Zhou Shaolin,
Beller Matthias
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
european journal of organic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1099-0690
pISSN - 1434-193X
DOI - 10.1002/ejoc.201300039
Subject(s) - chemistry , catalysis , hydrosilylation , stearate , organic chemistry , carboxylic acid , substrate (aquarium) , oceanography , geology
Abstract A novel catalytic system formed from Fe(stearate) 2 /NH 2 CH 2 CH 2 NH 2 and polymethylhydrosiloxane was directly developed for the hydrosilylation of carboxylic acid esters to alcohols. The catalytic method exhibits broad substrate scope, including 20 aliphatic, aromatic, and heterocyclic esters. The corresponding alcohols are obtained in moderate to very good yields.