Mild and selective hydrogenation of aromatic and aliphatic (di)nitriles with a well-defined iron pincer complex

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Bornschein, Christoph ^a   Werkmeister, Svenja ^a   Wendt, Bianca ^a   Jiao, Haijun ^a   Alberico, Elisabetta ^a,b   Baumann, Wolfgang ^a   Junge, Henrik ^a   Junge, Kathrin ^a   Beller, Matthias ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR KATALYSE E V AN DER UNIVERSITÄT ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,6 HEXANEDIAMINE; ALIPHATIC COMPOUND; AROMATIC COMPOUND; IRON COMPLEX; NITRILE;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; CATALYSIS; COMPLEXATION; IRON; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; REDOX CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDROGENATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DISSOCIATION; HYDROGENATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION;

EID: 84903625008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5111     Document Type: Article

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