Cobalt-catalysed selective synthesis of aldehydes and alcohols from esters
Sandip Pattanaik, Chidambaram Gunanathan
Abstract
Efficient and selective reduction of esters to aldehydes and alcohols is reported in which a simple cobalt pincer catalyst catalyses both transformations using diethylsilane as a reductant. Remarkably, the reaction selectivity is controlled by the stoichiometry of diethylsilane.
Topics & Concepts
CobaltPincer movementCatalysisChemistryOrganic chemistryAlcohol oxidationCombinatorial chemistryAsymmetric Hydrogenation and CatalysisOrganoboron and organosilicon chemistryChemical Synthesis and Analysis