636-72-6Relevant articles and documents
Redox-active ligand based Mn(i)-catalyst for hydrosilylative ester reduction
Chakraborty, Soumi,Das, Arpan,Mandal, Swadhin K.
supporting information, p. 12671 - 12674 (2021/12/04)
Herein a Mn(i) catalyst bearing a redox-active phenalenyl (PLY) based ligand is reported for the efficient hydrosilylation of esters to alcohols using the inexpensive silane source polymethylhydrosiloxane (PMHS) under mild conditions. Mechanistic investigations suggest a strong ligand-metal cooperation where a ligand-based single electron transfer (SET) process initiates the reaction through Si-H bond activation.
A Bifunctional Copper Catalyst Enables Ester Reduction with H2: Expanding the Reactivity Space of Nucleophilic Copper Hydrides
Kaicharla, Trinadh,Ngoc, Trung Tran,Teichert, Johannes F.,Tzaras, Dimitrios-Ioannis,Zimmermann, Birte M.
supporting information, p. 16865 - 16873 (2021/10/20)
Employing a bifunctional catalyst based on a copper(I)/NHC complex and a guanidine organocatalyst, catalytic ester reductions to alcohols with H2 as terminal reducing agent are facilitated. The approach taken here enables the simultaneous activation of esters through hydrogen bonding and formation of nucleophilic copper(I) hydrides from H2, resulting in a catalytic hydride transfer to esters. The reduction step is further facilitated by a proton shuttle mediated by the guanidinium subunit. This bifunctional approach to ester reductions for the first time shifts the reactivity of generally considered "soft"copper(I) hydrides to previously unreactive "hard"ester electrophiles and paves the way for a replacement of stoichiometric reducing agents by a catalyst and H2.
Potassium Fluoride-Catalyzed Hydroboration of Aldehydes and Ketones: Facile Reduction to Primary and Secondary Alcohols
Kuciński, Krzysztof,Hreczycho, Grzegorz
supporting information, p. 552 - 555 (2020/02/04)
A catalytic hydroboration of various ketones and aldehydes can be achieved in the presence of inexpensive and commercially available inorganic salts containing fluoride anion. As a result, the reduction of carbonyl moieties to the corresponding primary and secondary alcohols can be achieved at room temperature under mild conditions.