Unprecedented Iron-Catalyzed Ester Hydrogenation. Mild, Selective, and Efficient Hydrogenation of Trifluoroacetic Esters to Alcohols Catalyzed by an Iron Pincer Complex
作者:Thomas Zell、Yehoshoa Ben-David、David Milstein
DOI:10.1002/anie.201311221
日期:2014.4.25
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‐catalyzedhydrogenation of esters to the corresponding alcohols, proceeding selectively and efficiently in the presence of an ironpincer catalyst under remarkably mild conditions.