Highly Selective Hydrogenation of C═C Bonds Catalyzed by a Rhodium Hydride

Autor: Jack R. Norton, Farbod Salahi, Zhiyao Zhou, Yiting Gu, Scott A. Snyder, Vladislav G. Lisnyak
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: J Am Chem Soc
ISSN: 1520-5126
0002-7863
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c04683
Popis: Under mild conditions (room temperature, 80 psi of H(2)) Cp*Rh(2-(2-pyridyl)phenyl)H catalyzes the selective hydrogenation of the C═C bond in α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds, including natural product precursors with bulky substituents in the β position and substrates possessing an array of additional functional groups. It also catalyzes the hydrogenation of many isolated double bonds. Mechanistic studies reveal that no radical intermediates are involved, and the catalyst appears to be homogeneous, thereby affording important complementarity to existing protocols for similar hydrogenation processes.
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