Abstract

AbstractThe first selective iridium‐catalyzed hydrogenations of esters are presented. By using a commercially available iridium pincer complex more than 20 different aromatic, aliphatic, and (hetero)cyclic esters are reduced to the corresponding alcohols in moderate to very good yields. An outer‐sphere mechanism is proposed on the basis of our computational analysis.

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