Selective reduction of esters to aldehydes under the catalysis of well-defined NHC-iron complexes

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2013 Jul 29;52(31):8045-9. doi: 10.1002/anie.201303003. Epub 2013 Jun 20.

Authors

Haoquan Li¹, Luis C Misal Castro, Jianxia Zheng, Thierry Roisnel, Vincent Dorcet, Jean-Baptiste Sortais, Christophe Darcel

Affiliation

¹ UMR 6226 CNRS-Université de Rennes 1, Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, Team Organometallics: Materials and Catalysis, Centre for Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Bat 10C, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France.

PMID: 23788412
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201303003

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Keywords: aldehydes; esters; hydrosilylation; iron catalysis; reduction.