Synlett 2013; 24(16): 2049-2056
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1339660
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Highly Efficient Reduction of Aldehydes with Silanes in Water Catalyzed by Silver

Zhenhua Jia
a   Department of Chemistry and FQRNT Center for Green Chemistry and Catalysis, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 0B8, Canada   Fax: +1(514)3983797   eMail: cj.li@mcgill.ca
b   Institute of Drug Synthesis and Pharmaceutical Process, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. of China
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Mingxin Liu
a   Department of Chemistry and FQRNT Center for Green Chemistry and Catalysis, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 0B8, Canada   Fax: +1(514)3983797   eMail: cj.li@mcgill.ca
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Xingshu Li
b   Institute of Drug Synthesis and Pharmaceutical Process, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. of China
,
Albert S. C. Chan
b   Institute of Drug Synthesis and Pharmaceutical Process, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. of China
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Chao-Jun Li*
a   Department of Chemistry and FQRNT Center for Green Chemistry and Catalysis, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 0B8, Canada   Fax: +1(514)3983797   eMail: cj.li@mcgill.ca
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Received: 09. Mai 2013

Accepted after revision: 25. Juli 2013

Publikationsdatum:
02. September 2013 (online)


Abstract

A highly efficient silver-catalyzed chemoselective method for the reduction of aldehydes to their corresponding alcohols in water was developed by using hydrosilanes as reducing agents. The ketones remained essentially inert under the same reaction conditions, thereby providing an additional synthetically useful chemo­selectivity.