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Download fileChemoselective Hydrogenation of Carbonyl Compounds and Acceptorless Dehydrogenative Coupling of Alcohols
journal contribution
posted on 2015-03-25, 00:00 authored by Denis Spasyuk, Cristian Vicent, Dmitry G. GusevOsHCl(CO)[κ3-PyCH2NHC2H4NHPtBu2] is the first efficient
catalyst for chemoselective reduction of challenging unsaturated esters
to enols and for acceptorless coupling of amines with MeOH and EtOH
affording formamides and acetamides. The NMR, ESI-MS, and DFT data
indicate a mechanism proceeding in the metal coordination sphere and
producing no free organic intermediates.