title: Manganese-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Esters to Alcohols.
abstract: Homogeneous catalytic hydrogenation of esters to alcohols is an industrially important, environmentally benign reaction. While precious metal-based catalysts for this reaction are now well known, only very few catalysts based on first-row metal complexes were reported. Here we present the hydrogenation of esters catalyzed by a complex of earth-abundant manganese. The reaction proceeds under mild conditions and insight into the mechanism is provided based on an NMR study and the synthesis of novel Mn complexes postulated as intermediates.
authors: Department of Organic Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100, Rehovot, Israel.
authors: Noel Angel
authors: NA
authors: Espinosa-Jalapa
authors: Department of Organic Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100, Rehovot, Israel.
authors: Alexander
authors: A
authors: Nerush
authors: Department of Chemical Research Support, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100, Rehovot, Israel.
authors: Linda J W
authors: LJW
authors: Shimon
authors: Department of Chemical Research Support, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100, Rehovot, Israel.
authors: Gregory
authors: G
authors: Leitus
authors: Department of Chemical Research Support, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100, Rehovot, Israel.
authors: Liat
authors: L
authors: Avram
authors: Department of Organic Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100, Rehovot, Israel.
authors: Yehoshoa
authors: Y
authors: Ben-David
authors: Department of Organic Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100, Rehovot, Israel.
authors: David
authors: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2320-0262
authors: D
authors: Milstein
keywords: alcohols; esters; homogeneous catalysis; manganese; pincer complexes