This article describes a selective reduction of functionalizedamides, including N‐acyl amino esters and dipeptides, to the corresponding amines using simple [Rh(acac)(cod)]. The catalyst shows excellent chemoselectivity in the presence of different sensitive functional moieties.
In situ-generated cationic copper/pybox catalyst systems allow for the selective reduction of secondaryamides into the corresponding amines under mild conditions. This novel protocol has a wide substrate scope and shows good functional group tolerance.