Iridium-catalyzed hydrosilylative reduction of glucose to hexane(s).

Matthew P McLaughlin, Laura L Adduci, Jennifer J Becker, Michel R Gagné

Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, USA.

Journal of the American Chemical Society 2013 Jan 30

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In light of diminishing petroleum feedstocks, there is significant interest in developing carbohydrate defunctionalization reactions. In this context we have examined the use of iridium pincer catalysts for the hydrosilylative reduction of sugars, and we report herein complete reduction of silyl-protected glucose to a mixture of hexane isomers.

Citation

Matthew P McLaughlin, Laura L Adduci, Jennifer J Becker, Michel R Gagné. Iridium-catalyzed hydrosilylative reduction of glucose to hexane(s). Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2013 Jan 30;135(4):1225-7