title: Chemoselective reduction of α-keto amides using nickel catalysts.
abstract: Ni-catalysts are used for the first time to synthesize highly important α-hydroxy amides and β-amino alcohols from α-keto amides by chemoselective and complete reduction using hydrosilanes. Chemoselective complete reduction of α-keto amides in the presence of a simple amide group is a key benefit of these Ni-catalysts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600 036, India. gsekar@iitm.ac.in.
authors.forename: N Chary
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Mamillapalli
authors.forename: Govidasamy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sekar