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B(C6F5)3-Catalyzed Cascade Reduction of Pyridines
Liu, Zhi-Yun,Wen, Zhi-Hui,Wang, Xiao-Chen
, p. 5817 - 5820 (2017)
B(C6F5)3 has been found to be an effective catalyst for reduction of pyridines and other electron-deficient N-heteroarenes with hydrosilanes (or hydroboranes) and amines as the reducing reagents. The success of this development hinges upon the realization of a cascade process of dearomative hydrosilylation (or hydroboration) and transfer hydrogenation. The broad functional-group tolerance (e.g. ketone, ester, unactivated olefins, nitro, nitrile, heterocycles, etc.) implies high practical utility.