REDUCTION OF CARBOXYLIC ESTERS AND ACIDS BY POLYMETHYLHYDROSILOXANE CATALYZED BY TITANIUM AND ZIRCONIUM ALKOXIDES

Authors
BREEDEN SW LAWRENCE NJ
Citation
Sw. Breeden et Nj. Lawrence, REDUCTION OF CARBOXYLIC ESTERS AND ACIDS BY POLYMETHYLHYDROSILOXANE CATALYZED BY TITANIUM AND ZIRCONIUM ALKOXIDES, Synlett, (10), 1994, pp. 833-835
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Synlett → ACNP
ISSN journal
09365214
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
833 - 835
Database
ISI
SICI code
0936-5214(1994):10<833:ROCEAA>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
A range of carboxylic esters and acids has been converted efficiently to the corresponding alcohols with polymethylhydrosiloxane in the pres ence of titanium (IV) isopropoxide or zirconium (IV) ethoxide; a stere ogenic centre adjacent to the ester is unaffected.