| Literature DB >> 27690363 |
Saravanakumar Elangovan1, Marcel Garbe1, Haijun Jiao1, Anke Spannenberg1, Kathrin Junge1, Matthias Beller1.
Abstract
The first manganese-catalyzed hydrogenation of esters to alcohols has been developed. The combination of Mn(CO)5 Br with [HN(CH2 CH2 P(Et)2 )2 ] leads to a mixture of cationic and neutral Mn PNP pincer complexes, which enable the reduction of various ester substrates, including aromatic and aliphatic esters as well as diesters and lactones. Notably, related pincer complexes with isopropyl or cyclohexyl substituents showed very low activity.Entities:
Keywords: alcohols; esters; homogeneous catalysis; hydrogenation; manganese
Year: 2016 PMID: 27690363 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201607233
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl ISSN: 1433-7851 Impact factor: 15.336