Abstract
On a direct course to the aldehyde: Hydrosilylation catalyzed by a well-defined N-heterocyclic-carbene-iron complex under UV irradiation enabled the selective reduction of esters to aldehydes (see scheme; Bn=benzyl, Mes=mesityl). The low catalyst loading and very mild reaction conditions make this chemoselective transformation a promising alternative to the reduction of esters with diisobutylaluminum hydride. Copyright © 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
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Li, H., Misal Castro, L. C., Zheng, J., Roisnel, T., Dorcet, V., Sortais, J. B., & Darcel, C. (2013). Selective reduction of esters to aldehydes under the catalysis of well-defined NHC-iron complexes. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 52(31), 8045–8049. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201303003
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