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Reduction of Activated Alkenes by PIII/PV Redox Cycling Catalysis
Longwitz, Lars,Werner, Thomas
supporting information, p. 2760 - 2763 (2020/02/05)
The carbon–carbon double bond of unsaturated carbonyl compounds was readily reduced by using a phosphetane oxide catalyst in the presence of a simple organosilane as the terminal reductant and water as the hydrogen source. Quantitative hydrogenation was observed when 1.0 mol % of a methyl-substituted phosphetane oxide was employed as the catalyst. The procedure is highly selective towards activated double bonds, tolerating a variety of functional groups that are usually prone to reduction. In total, 25 alkenes and two alkynes were hydrogenated to the corresponding alkanes in excellent yields of up to 99 %. Notably, less active poly(methylhydrosiloxane) could also be utilized as the terminal reductant. Mechanistic investigations revealed the phosphane as the catalyst resting state and a protonation/deprotonation sequence as the crucial step in the catalytic cycle.
Comparison of copper(II) acetate promoted N-arylation of 5,5-dimethyl hydantoin and other imides with triarylbismuthanes and aryl boronic acids
Hügel, Helmut M.,Rix, Colin J.,Fleck, Karin
, p. 2290 - 2292 (2007/10/03)
This work demonstrates that the copper acetate promoted N-arylation of imides with boronic acids can be employed as a major method for the synthesis of N3-aryl hydantoins. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart.
