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Reductive etherification of aldehydes photocatalyzed by dicarbonyl pentamethylcyclopentadienyl iron complexes
Argouarch, Gilles,Grelaud, Guillaume,Roisnel, Thierry,Humphrey, Mark G.,Paul, Frédéric
supporting information, p. 5015 - 5018 (2012/11/07)
The reductive etherification of aldehydes can be performed by the reaction with dialkylmethylsilanes in the presence of new iron(II) piano-stool catalysts of general formula Cp*Fe(CO)2Ar (Cp * = η5-C5Me5; Ar = Ph, 4-C6H4OCH3, 4-C6H4CH 3, Fc). This transformation is promoted by UV light and affords a simple route for the preparation of unsymmetrical alkyl ethers.