title: Highly efficient and chemoselective zinc-catalyzed hydrosilylation of esters under mild conditions.
abstract: A mild and highly efficient catalytic hydrosilylation protocol for room-temperature ester reductions has been developed using diethylzinc as the catalyst. The methodology is operationally simple, displays high functional group tolerance and provides for a facile access to a broad range of different alcohols in excellent yields.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry, Stockholm University, The Arrhenius Laboratory, SE-106 91 Stockholm (Sweden).
authors.forename: Oleksandr O
authors.initials: OO
authors.lastname: Kovalenko
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Adolfsson
keywords: alcohols; esters; hydrosilylation; reduction; zinc