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Controlled Reduction of Carboxamides to Alcohols or Amines by Zinc Hydrides.

Derek Yiren OngZhihao YenAsami YoshiiJulia Revillo ImbernonRyo TakitaShunsuke Chiba
Published in: Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) (2019)
New protocols for controlled reduction of carboxamides to either alcohols or amines were established using a combination of sodium hydride (NaH) and zinc halides (ZnX2 ). Use of a different halide on ZnX2 dictates the selectivity, wherein the NaH-ZnI2 system delivers alcohols and NaH-ZnCl2 gives amines. Extensive mechanistic studies by experimental and theoretical approaches imply that polymeric zinc hydride (ZnH2 )∞ is responsible for alcohol formation, whereas dimeric zinc chloride hydride (H-Zn-Cl)2 is the key species for the production of amines.
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