Borrowing Hydrogen in the Activation of Alcohols

Borrowing Hydrogen in the Activation of Alcohols

Alcohols can be temporarily converted into carbonyl compounds by the metal‐catalysed removal of hydrogen. The carbonyl compounds are reactive in a wider range of transformations than the precursor alcohols and can react in situ to give imines, alkenes, and α‐functionalised carbonyl compounds. The me...

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Published in:Advanced synthesis & catalysis Vol. 349; no. 10; pp. 1555 - 1575
Main Authors: Hamid, Malai Haniti S. A., Slatford, Paul A., Williams, Jonathan M. J.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 02-07-2007
WILEY‐VCH Verlag
Subjects:
alcohols
amines
catalysis
transfer hydrogenation
transition metals
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Summary:Alcohols can be temporarily converted into carbonyl compounds by the metal‐catalysed removal of hydrogen. The carbonyl compounds are reactive in a wider range of transformations than the precursor alcohols and can react in situ to give imines, alkenes, and α‐functionalised carbonyl compounds. The metal catalyst, which had borrowed the hydrogen, then returns it to the transformed carbonyl compound, leading to an overall process in which alcohols can be converted into amines, compounds containing CC bonds and β‐functionalised alcohols.
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ISSN:1615-4150
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DOI:10.1002/adsc.200600638