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Stereoselective Alkyne Hydrogenation by using a Simple Iron Catalyst
Gregori, Bernhard J.,Schwarzhuber, Felix,P?llath, Simon,Zweck, Josef,Fritsch, Lorena,Schoch, Roland,Bauer, Matthias,Jacobi von Wangelin, Axel
, p. 3864 - 3870 (2019)
The stereoselective hydrogenation of alkynes constitutes one of the key approaches for the construction of stereodefined alkenes. The majority of conventional methods utilize noble and toxic metal catalysts. This study concerns a simple catalyst comprised of the commercial chemicals iron(II) acetylacetonate and diisobutylaluminum hydride, which enables the Z-selective semihydrogenation of alkynes under near ambient conditions (1–3 bar H2, 30 °C, 5 mol % [Fe]). Neither an elaborate catalyst preparation nor addition of ligands is required. Mechanistic studies (kinetic poisoning, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, TEM) strongly indicate the operation of small iron clusters and particle catalysts.
Stereoselective Chromium-Catalyzed Semi-Hydrogenation of Alkynes
Gregori, Bernhard J.,Nowakowski, Michal,Schoch, Anke,P?llath, Simon,Zweck, Josef,Bauer, Matthias,Jacobi von Wangelin, Axel
, p. 5359 - 5363 (2020/09/03)
Chromium complexes have found very little applications as hydrogenation catalysts. Here, we report a Cr-catalyzed semi-hydrogenation of internal alkynes to the corresponding Z-alkenes with good stereocontrol (up to 99/1 for dialkyl alkynes). The catalyst comprises the commercial reagents chromium(III) acetylacetonate, Cr(acac)3, and diisobutylaluminium hydride, DIBAL?H, in THF. The semi-hydrogenation operates at mild conditions (1-5 bar H2, 30 °C).
