H<sub>2</sub>-Driven Deoxygenation of Epoxides and Diols to Alkenes Catalyzed by Methyltrioxorhenium Jeanette E. Ziegler Michael J. Zdilla Andrew J. Evans Mahdi M. Abu-Omar 10.1021/ic901792b.s001 https://acs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/H_sub_2_sub_Driven_Deoxygenation_of_Epoxides_and_Diols_to_Alkenes_Catalyzed_by_Methyltrioxorhenium/2817187 Catalytic deoxygenation of epoxides and diols is underdeveloped. This reaction is appealing in the context of making value-added organics from biomass. Methyltrioxorhenium (MTO) catalyzes the conversion of epoxides and vicinal diols to olefins with dihydrogen (H<sub>2</sub>) as the reductant under reasonably mild conditions (150 °C and 80−300 psi). The only reaction byproduct is water. The reaction is selective for cis cyclic diols, signaling a mechanism of alkene extrusion from a coordinated epoxide via a metallaoxetane intermediate. 2009-11-02 00:00:00 epoxide alkene extrusion MTO Alkenes Catalyzed MethyltrioxorheniumCatalytic deoxygenation cis cyclic diols reaction byproduct vicinal diols