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Seyferth et al.
, p. 4124,4128 (1978)
Homoleptic cobalt(II) phenoxyimine complexes for hydrosilylation of aldehydes and ketones without base activation of cobalt(II)
Hori, Momoko,Ishikawa, Ryuta,Koga, Yuji,Matsubara, Kouki,Mitsuyama, Tomoaki,Shin, Sayaka
supporting information, p. 1379 - 1387 (2021/05/29)
Air-stable, easy to prepare, homoleptic cobalt(II) complexes bearing pendant-modified phenoxyimine ligands were synthesized and determined. The complexes exhibited high catalytic performance for reducing aldehydes and ketones via catalytic hydrosilylation, where a hydrosilane and a catalytic amount of the cobalt(II) complex were added under base-free conditions. The reaction proceeded even in the presence of excess water, and excellent functional-group tolerance was observed. Subsequent hydrolysis gave the alcohol in high yields. Moreover, H2O had a critical role in activation of the Co(II) catalyst with hydrosilane. Several additional results also indicated that the cobalt(II) center acts as an active catalyst in the hydrosilylation of aldehydes and ketones.
Light-driven MPV-type reduction of aryl ketones/aldehydes to alcohols with isopropanol under mild conditions
Cao, Dawei,Xia, Shumei,Pan, Pan,Zeng, Huiying,Li, Chao-Jun,Peng, Yong
supporting information, p. 7539 - 7543 (2021/10/12)
Alcohols are versatile structural motifs of pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and fine chemicals. With respect to green chemistry, the development of more sustainable and cost-efficient processes for converting ketones/aldehydes to alcohols is highly desired. Herein, a direct light-driven strategy for reducing ketones/aldehydes to alcohols using isopropanol as the reducing agent and solvent, in the presence of t-BuOLi, under an air atmosphere at room temperature is developed. This operationally simple light-promoted Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley (MPV) type reduction can be used to produce various benzylic alcohol derivatives as well as applied to bioactive molecules and PEEK model compounds, demonstrating its application potential.