Efficient and selective hydrogenation of amides to alcohols and amines using a well-defined manganese–PNN pincer complex† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: General experimental procedures, additional schemes and figures, characterization data and NMR spectra are available. See D

Novel manganese NNP and PNP pincer complexes have been synthesized. The active catalyst allows the efficient hydrogenation of a wide range of amides under relatively mild conditions to afford alcohols and amines in high yields.

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