SELECTIVE HYDROGENATION OF CONJUGATED DIENES CATALYZED BY THIOCYANATOTRIS(TRIPHENYLPHOSPHINE)COBALT(I).

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/bcsj.58.16

Thiocyanatotris(triphenylphosphine)cobalt(I) prepared in situ from bis(thiocyanato)bis(triphenylphosphine)cobalt(II), triphenylphosphine, zinc bromide, selectively hydrogenated conjugated dienes to the corresponding cis-monomenes. The C//2-or/ and C//3-methyl substituted 1,3-butadienes enhance the reactivity by a factor of 2. 3 per one methyl group, while C//1- or/and C//4-methyl substituted 1,3-butadienes lower the reactivity by a factor of 1/23 per one methyl group. In the hydrogenation of cyclic conjugated dienes alpha -angle is closely related to the hydrogenation rate. The rates of hydrogenation in cyclic ethers are greater than those in acyclic ethers, but the cis-selectivity in acyclic ethers is much higher.