Volume 2011, Issue 27 p. 5291-5296
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Bu4N[Fe(CO)3(NO)]-Catalyzed Hydrosilylation of Aldehydes and Ketones

André P. Dieskau

André P. Dieskau

Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany, Fax: +49-711-685-64285

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Jeanne-Marie Begouin

Jeanne-Marie Begouin

Current address: Institut für Organische Chemie, RWTH Aachen, Landoltweg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany

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Bernd Plietker

Bernd Plietker

Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany, Fax: +49-711-685-64285

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First published: 28 July 2011
Citations: 62

Graphical Abstract

A variety of ketones and aldehydes have been reduced in the presence of only 1 mol-% of Bu4N[Fe(CO)3(NO)] (TBAFe) at low temperatures with inexpensive polymethylsilane (PMHS) as the hydride source.

Abstract

The nucleophilic Fe complex Bu4N[Fe(CO)3(NO)] (TBAFe) has been used as a highly active catalyst for the mild hydrosilylation of a variety of functionalized aldehydes and ketones using inexpensive PMHS as stoichiometric reductant. The corresponding alcohols were obtained in good-to-excellent yields at low catalyst loadings of only 1 mol-% and reaction temperatures of 30–50 °C.