N??Heterocyclic Carbene??Catalyzed Hydrosilylation of Styryl and Propargylic Alcohols with Dihydrosilanes

…, M Malacria, L Fensterbank, JP Goddard…

Index: Zhao, Qiwu; Curran, Dennis P.; Malacria, Max; Fensterbank, Louis; Goddard, Jean-Philippe; Lacote, Emmanuel Chemistry - A European Journal, 2011 , vol. 17, # 36 p. 9911 - 9914

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Abstract

The catalytic reduction of nonactivated olefins is an important synthetic process.[1] However, the principal methods reported so far involve late transition metals as the active species. Organocatalytic reductions have been reported,[2] but generally involve electron-poor olefins and are best described as the Michael addition of hydride. As a result, new organocatalyzed reduction reactions would be very helpful. We considered N-heterocyclic ...