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Reaction of frustrated lewis pairs with conjugated ynones-selective hydrogenation of the carbon-carbon triple bond

  • Bao Hua Xu
  • , Gerald Kehr
  • , Roland Fröhlich
  • , Birgit Wibbeling
  • , Birgitta Schirmer
  • , Stefan Grimme
  • , Gerhard Erker*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • University of Münster

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Abstract

Frustrated, but not frustrating: Frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) can undergo selective 1,4-addition reactions with conjugated ynones (see scheme). Upon FLP dihydrogen activation selective hydrogenation of the carbon-carbon triple bond can be achieved, in one case even catalytically.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7183-7186
Number of pages4
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume50
Issue number31
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Jul 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • 1,4-additions
  • allenes
  • frustrated Lewis pairs
  • hydrogenations
  • ynones

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