Chemistry Letters, Vol.42, No.5, 489-491, 2013
Zinc-catalyzed Reduction of Aldehydes with a Hydrosilane Leading to Symmetric Ethers and Silyl Ethers
The efficient reductive etherification of aromatic or aliphatic aldehydes using a reducing system that combines Zn(OTf)(2) with either TMDS or Et3SiH is described. The present reducing system can also be applied to the hydrosilylation of aromatic aldehydes having either a strong electron-withdrawing group or a pyridine ring.