Ethanol as hydrogen donor: Highly efficient transfer hydrogenations with rhodium(I) amides

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 3245-3249

  Zweifel, Theo ^a   Naubron, Jean Valère ^a   Büttner, Torsten ^a   Ott, Timo ^a   Grützmacher, Hansjörg ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Density functional calculations; Ethanol; Homogeneous catalysis; Rhodium; Transfer hydrogenation

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; CATALYSTS; ESTERS; ETHANOL; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENATION; KETONES; OLEFINS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RHODIUM;

ACTIVATED OLEFINS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; EFFICIENT CATALYSTS; ETHYL ACETATE; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; HIGHLY EFFICIENT; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; HYDROGEN DONORS; MILD CONDITIONS; TRANSFER HYDROGENATION; TRANSFER HYDROGENATIONS; TURN-OVER FREQUENCY;

CATALYSIS;

EID: 53549095404     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200704685     Document Type: Article

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