Reduction of Carboxylic Esters and Acids by Polymethylhydrosiloxane catalysed by Titanium and Zirconium alkoxides
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG in Synlett
- Vol. 1994 (10) , 833-835
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-1994-23022
Abstract
A range of carboxylic esters and acids has been converted efficiently to the corresponding alcohols with polymethylhydrosiloxane in the presence of titanium (IV) isopropoxide or zirconium (IV) ethoxide; a stereogenic centre adjacent to the ester is unaffected.Keywords
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