Nature Communications (Aug 2020)

Homogeneous and heterogeneous catalytic reduction of amides and related compounds using molecular hydrogen

  • Jose R. Cabrero-Antonino,
  • Rosa Adam,
  • Veronica Papa,
  • Matthias Beller

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17588-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Catalytic hydrogenation of amides is a pivotal chemical transformation for both research labs and chemical production in industry. Here, the authors comprehensively review this topic by including state-of-art homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts that can hydrogenate amides and related compounds.