Palladium Catalyzed Hydrogenation of α,β-Unsaturated Sulfones and Phosphonates

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00094a001

The binuclear palladium complex, <((t-Bu)2PH)PdP(Bu-t)2>2, when treated with oxygen, catalyzes the hydrogenation of the double bond of α,β-unsaturated sulfones and phosphonates in THF at room temperature and 1 atm of hydrogen pressure.Saturated sulfones and phosphonates were isolated in 49-93percent yields.