A new iron carbonyl catalyst efficiently reduces amides using lower catalyst concerntrations, quicker reaction times and lower reaction temperatures, say scientists in Japan.
Iron carbonyl catalyst reduces various carboxamides using hydrosilane
Hideo Nagashima and colleagues from Kyushu University have reported a new heptanuclear iron carbonyl catalyst that can reduce various carboxamides using hydrosilane, 1,2-bis(dimethylsilyl)benzene. This is an important development as the catalyst actually shortens the reaction times, even at lower catalyst concentrations and at lower temperatures, when compared with other reported iron-catalysed hydrosilane reductions.
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