Garg JA, Chakraborty S, Ben-David Y, Milstein D. Unprecedented iron-catalyzed selective hydrogenation of activated amides to amines and alcohols.
Chem Commun (Camb) 2016;
52:5285-8. [DOI:
10.1039/c6cc01505k]
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Abstract
The first example of hydrogenation of activated amides to amines and alcohols catalyzed by an earth-abundant iron metal complex is discovered. A wide range of trifluoromethyl-substituted secondary and tertiary aromatic and aliphatic amides were hydrogenated.
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