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A convenient and general iron-catalyzed hydrosilylation of aldehydes

NS Shaikh, K Junge, M Beller

Index: Shaikh, Nadim S.; Junge, Kathrin; Beller, Matthias Organic Letters, 2007 , vol. 9, # 26 p. 5429 - 5432

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Abstract

A general and highly chemoselective hydrosilylation of aldehydes using iron catalysts is reported. Fe (OAc) 2 in the presence of tricyclohexylphosphine as ligand and polymethylhydrosiloxane (PMHS) as an economical hydride source forms an efficient catalyst system for the hydrosilylation of a variety of aldehydes. Aryl, heteroaryl, alkyl and α, β-unsaturated aldehydes are successfully reduced to the corresponding primary alcohols. ...