Iron??Catalyzed Reduction of Carboxylic Esters to Alcohols

K Junge, B Wendt, S Zhou…

Index: Junge, Kathrin; Wendt, Bianca; Zhou, Shaolin; Beller, Matthias European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2013 , # 11 p. 2061 - 2065

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Abstract

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.