A mild and efficient method for the reduction of nitrile

A simple and useful method for the reduction of nitriles into the corresponding amines using a tetramethyldisiloxane/titanium(IV) isopropoxide reducing system is described. The synthetic approach is straightforward and provides primary amines as hydrochloride salt in almost quantitative yield. Other advantages of this method, such as easy-to-handle hydride source, inert by-products, that is, TiO2 and oligomeric siloxanes, make it very attractive to prepare primary amines.