Ketones and imines are chemoselectively reduced at room temperature in methanol to the corresponding alcohols and amines in high yields in a one-step procedure using polymethylhydrosiloxane (PMHS) and a simple zinc-diamine catalyst.
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Chem Commun (Camb)
February 2003
Chimie Organique Appliquée, UPRESA 8010 CNRS-Université de Lille 1, ENSCL, BP 108, 59652 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France.
Ketones and imines are chemoselectively reduced at room temperature in methanol to the corresponding alcohols and amines in high yields in a one-step procedure using polymethylhydrosiloxane (PMHS) and a simple zinc-diamine catalyst.
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