On water and in air: Fast and highly chemoselective transfer hydrogenation of aldehydes with iridium catalysts

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 45, Issue 40, 2006, Pages 6718-6722

  Wu, Xiaofeng ^a   Liu, Jianke ^a   Li, Xiaohong ^a   Zanotti Gerosa, Antonio ^b   Hancock, Fred ^b   Vinci, Daniele ^a   Ruan, Jiwu ^a   Xiao, Jianliang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNSON MATTHEY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aldehydes; Chemoselectivity; Iridium; Transfer hydrogenation; Water

Indexed keywords

CHEMOSELECTIVITY; TRANSFER HYDROGENATION; TURNOVER FREQUENCY (TOF);

CATALYST SELECTIVITY; CATALYSTS; ETHYLENE; HYDROGENATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; WATER ANALYSIS;

ALDEHYDES;

ALDEHYDE; HYDROGEN; IRIDIUM; WATER;

AIR; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HYDROGENATION;

AIR; ALDEHYDES; CATALYSIS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENATION; IRIDIUM; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; WATER;

EID: 33750193289     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200602122     Document Type: Article

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