Das Shyamal, Das Hari Sankar, Singh Bhagat, Haridasan Rahul Koottanil, Das Arpan, Mandal Swadhin K
Department of Chemical Sciences , Indian Institute of Science Education and Research-Kolkata , Mohanpur 741246 , India.
Inorg Chem. 2019 Sep 3;58(17):11274-11278. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01377. Epub 2019 Aug 20.
The reduction of nitriles to primary amines using an inexpensive silane such as polymethylhydrosiloxane (PMHS) is an industrially important reaction. Herein we report the synthesis of an earth-abundant Fe(III) complex bearing a phenalenyl-based ligand that was characterized by mass spectroscopy, elemental analysis, cyclic voltammetry, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The complex showed excellent catalytic activity toward reduction of aromatic, heteroaromatic, aliphatic, and sterically crowded nitriles to produce primary amines using polymethylhydrosiloxane (PMHS).
