Two Iron Catalysts are Better than One: A General and Convenient Reduction of Aromatic and Aliphatic Primary Amides†
Dr. Shoubhik Das
Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V. an der Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 29a, 18059 Rostock (Germany) http://www.catalysis.de
Search for more papers by this authorBianca Wendt
Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V. an der Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 29a, 18059 Rostock (Germany) http://www.catalysis.de
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Konstanze Möller
Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V. an der Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 29a, 18059 Rostock (Germany) http://www.catalysis.de
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Kathrin Junge
Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V. an der Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 29a, 18059 Rostock (Germany) http://www.catalysis.de
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Prof. Dr. Matthias Beller
Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V. an der Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 29a, 18059 Rostock (Germany) http://www.catalysis.de
Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V. an der Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 29a, 18059 Rostock (Germany) http://www.catalysis.deSearch for more papers by this authorDr. Shoubhik Das
Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V. an der Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 29a, 18059 Rostock (Germany) http://www.catalysis.de
Search for more papers by this authorBianca Wendt
Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V. an der Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 29a, 18059 Rostock (Germany) http://www.catalysis.de
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Konstanze Möller
Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V. an der Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 29a, 18059 Rostock (Germany) http://www.catalysis.de
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Kathrin Junge
Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V. an der Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 29a, 18059 Rostock (Germany) http://www.catalysis.de
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Prof. Dr. Matthias Beller
Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V. an der Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 29a, 18059 Rostock (Germany) http://www.catalysis.de
Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V. an der Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 29a, 18059 Rostock (Germany) http://www.catalysis.deSearch for more papers by this authorThis work has been funded by the State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the BMBF, and the DFG (Leibniz-price). We thank Dr. W. Baumann, Dr. C. Fischer, S. Buchholz, S. Schareina, A. Kammer, A. Koch, S. Rossmeisl, and K. Mevius (all at the LIKAT) for their excellent technical and analytical support.
Graphical Abstract
It takes two: For the reduction of amides to amines iron catalysts were developed. A combination of two different iron catalysts made possible the challenging reduction of primary amides (see picture).
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