Unprecedented Iron‐Catalyzed Ester Hydrogenation. Mild,Selective, and Efficient Hydrogenation of Trifluoroacetic Esters to Alcohols Catalyzed by an Iron Pincer Complex |
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Authors: | Dr. Thomas Zell Yehoshoa Ben‐David Prof. Dr. David Milstein |
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Affiliation: | Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot (Israel) |
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Abstract: | The synthetically important, environmentally benign hydrogenation of esters to alcohols has been accomplished in recent years only with precious‐metal‐based catalysts. Here we present the first iron‐catalyzed hydrogenation of esters to the corresponding alcohols, proceeding selectively and efficiently in the presence of an iron pincer catalyst under remarkably mild conditions. |
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Keywords: | esters homogenous catalysis hydrogenation iron complexes pincer ligands |
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