Direct chemoselective reduction of plant oils using silane catalysed by Rh( iii ) complexes at ambient temperature

2024/01/01 by Unai Prieto-Pascual, Itxaso Bustos, Zoraida Freixa +2 · 1 voice
Chemistry · #Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods #Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis #Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry

paper · pdf · doi:10.1039/d3su00481c

openalex publication_date 2024/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/08

Abstract

This work reports a new procedure for the selective reduction of plant oils to fatty alcohols. This methodology is performed under mild reaction conditions and in the absence of solvents.

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