Direct chemoselective reduction of plant oils using silane catalysed by Rh(iii) complexes at ambient temperature
Abstract
We report here a rare example of direct and chemoselective catalytic reduction of various plant oils to unsaturated fatty alcohols and glycerol. The selective reduction process is achieved using 0.5 mol% of a rhodium complex and diphenylsilane at room temperature without using any solvent producing a mixture of unsaturated fatty alcohols in yields >90%. We also observed that the selectivity of the reduction process (C[double bond, length as m-dash]C vs. ester) depends on the nature of silane.
Citation
P.-Pascual , U , Bustos , I , Freixa , Z , Kumar , A & Huertos , M 2024 , ' Direct chemoselective reduction of plant oils using silane catalysed by Rh(iii) complexes at ambient temperature ' , RSC Sustainability , vol. Advance Article . https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SU00481C
Publication
RSC Sustainability
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
2753-8125Type
Journal article
Description
This publication is part of the projects PID2019-111281GB-I00 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and IT1741-22 and IT1553-22 funded by Gobierno Vasco. The authors thank SGiker for support. Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU) (U. P.) and IKERBASQUE (M. H. and Z. F.) are acknowledged for personnel funding. A. K. acknowledges a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship for funding (MR/W007460/1).Collections
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