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Unprecedented organocatalytic reduction of lignin model compounds to phenols and primary alcohols using hydrosilanes
Feghali, Elias,Cantat, Thibault
, p. 862 - 865 (2014/01/06)
The first metal-free reduction of lignin model compounds is described. Using inexpensive Et3SiH, PMHS and TMDS hydrosilanes as reductants, α-O-4 and β-O-4 linkages are reduced to primary alcohols and phenols under mild conditions using B(C6F5)3 as an efficient catalyst. The Royal Society of Chemistry.