Homogeneous hydrogenation of tri- and tetrasubstituted olefins: Comparison of iridium-phospinooxazoline [Ir-PHOX] complexes and crabtree catalysts with hexafluorophosphate (PF6) and tetrakis[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl) phenyl]borate (BArF) as counterions

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 350, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 174-178

  Wüstenberg, Bettina ^a,b   Pfaltz, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b DSM NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Crabtree catalyst; Homogeneous catalysis; Hydrogenation; Iridium; N,P ligands

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349121330     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: 15213897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.200700438     Document Type: Article

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