title: Selective reduction of carboxylic acids to aldehydes catalyzed by B(C6F5)3.
abstract: B(C(6)F(5))(3) efficiently catalyzes hydrosilylation of aliphatic and aromatic carboxylic acids to produce disilyl acetals under mild conditions. Catalyst loadings can be as low as 0.05 mol %, and bulky tertiary silanes are favored to give selectively the acetals. Acidic workup of the disilyl acetals results in the formation of aldehydes in good to excellent yields.
authors: Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, USA.
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Bézier
authors: Sehoon
authors: S
authors: Park
authors: Maurice
authors: M
authors: Brookhart