Efficient homogeneous catalytic hydrogenation of esters to alcohols

…, G Leitus, Y Ben??David, D Milstein

Index: Zhang, Jing; Leitus, Gregory; Ben-David, Yehoshoa; Milstein, David Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2006 , vol. 45, # 7 p. 1113 - 1115

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Abstract

The reduction of esters to the corresponding alcohols is an important reaction in organic synthesis. Compared with traditional procedures using stoichiometric amounts of metal hydride reagents (eg LiAlH4),[1] the catalytic hydrogenation of esters to alcohols, which generates no waste, is attractive environmentally and economically [Eq.(1)]. Het-