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Iron-Catalyzed Reduction of Carboxylic Esters to Alcohols

  1. Kathrin Junge1,
  2. Bianca Wendt1,
  3. Shaolin Zhou2,
  4. Matthias Beller1

Article first published online: 1 MAR 2013

DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201300039

Issue

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volume 2013, Issue 11, pages 2061–2065, April 2013

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How to Cite

Junge, K., Wendt, B., Zhou, S. and Beller, M. (2013), Iron-Catalyzed Reduction of Carboxylic Esters to Alcohols. Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2013: 2061–2065. doi: 10.1002/ejoc.201300039

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  1. 1

    Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V. an der Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 29A, 18059 Rostock, Germany, Fax: +49-381-1281-51113, http://www.catalysis.de

  2. 2

    College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University Luoyu Road, No. 152, 430079 Wuhan, P. R. China

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 3 APR 2013
  2. Article first published online: 1 MAR 2013
  3. Manuscript Received: 10 JAN 2013

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Keywords:

  • Synthetic methods;
  • Homogeneous catalysis;
  • Iron;
  • Reduction;
  • Hydrosilanes;
  • Esters;
  • Alcohols

Abstract

A novel catalytic system formed from Fe(stearate)2/NH2CH2CH2NH2 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.

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