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Cobalt-Catalyzed Chemoselective Transfer Hydrogenation of C=C and C=O Bonds with Alkanols

  • Biao Lin Jiang
  • , Shuang Shuang Ma
  • , Meng Liang Wang
  • , Dian Sheng Liu
  • , Bao Hua Xu*
  • , Suo Jiang Zhang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Shanxi University
  • On leave to Institution of Process Engineering
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Abstract

An environmentally benign protocol of chemoselective transfer hydrogenation of C=C and C=O bonds with alkanols under base-free conditions is developed by this study, wherein the cobalt- bidentate phosphine catalyst precursor is commercially available and the active low-valent Co species could be generated in-situ. For the conjugation enones, the vinyl group is selectively reduced, whereas with nonconjugated alkenones, the selectivity is changed to the carbonyl group. Besides, ortho-alkenyl-benzaldehydes/imines are well tolerated, and the reduction solely occurs at the C=O/C=N site with this protocol.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1701-1706
Number of pages6
JournalChemCatChem
Volume11
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Mar 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • bidentate ligand
  • chemoselective reduction
  • cobalt complex
  • homogeneous catalysis
  • transfer hydrogenation

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