Tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane-Catalyzed Acceptorless Dehydrogenation of N-Heterocycles

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 55, Issue 40, 2016, Pages 12224-12227

  Kojima, Masahiro ^a   Kanai, Motomu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

boron; heterocycles; homogeneous catalysis; hydrogen; synthetic methods

Indexed keywords

BORON; CATALYSTS; DEHYDROGENATION; HYDROGEN; TRANSITION METALS;

ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN; HETEROCYCLES; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; METAL-BASED CATALYSTS; SULFUR FUNCTIONALITIES; SYNTHETIC METHODS; SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; TRIS(PENTAFLUOROPHENYL) BORANE;

CATALYSIS;

EID: 84990214678     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201606177     Document Type: Article

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