title: Unprecedented organocatalytic reduction of lignin model compounds to phenols and primary alcohols using hydrosilanes.
abstract: The first metal-free reduction of lignin model compounds is described. Using inexpensive Et3SiH, PMHS and TMDS hydrosilanes as reductants, α-O-4 and β-O-4 linkages are reduced to primary alcohols and phenols under mild conditions using B(C6F5)3 as an efficient catalyst.
authors.affiliation: CEA, IRAMIS, SIS2M, CNRS UMR 3299, CEA/Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France. thibault.cantat@cea.fr.
authors.forename: Elias
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Feghali
authors.forename: Thibault
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cantat