Pushing Back the Limits of Hydrosilylation: Unprecedented Catalytic Reduction of Organic Ureas to Formamidines

Pushing back the limits: A novel catalytic transformation has been designed to prepare formamidine derivatives by reduction of substituted ureas with hydrosilanes. Simple iron catalysts based on commercially available iron salts and phosphine ligands prove to be highly active in promoting this new hydrosilylation reaction. As a service to our authors and readers, this journal provides supporting information supplied by the authors. Such materials are peer reviewed and may be re-organized for online delivery, but are not copy-edited or typeset. Technical support issues arising from supporting information (other than missing files) should be addressed to the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.