Nonmetal Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Carbonyl Compounds

Daniel Scott; Matthew J. Fuchter; Andrew Ashley

doi:10.1021/ja5088979

Nonmetal Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Carbonyl Compounds

Daniel Scott
, Matthew J. Fuchter
, Andrew Ashley

Department of Chemistry

Imperial College London

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Abstract

Solutions of the Lewis acid B(C₆F₅)₃ in 1,4-dioxane are found to effectively catalyze the hydrogenation of a variety of ketones and aldehydes. These reactions, the first to allow entirely metal-free catalytic hydrogenation of carbonyl groups under relatively mild reaction conditions, are found to proceed via a “frustrated Lewis pair” mechanism in which the solvent, a weak Brønsted base yet moderately strong donor, plays a pivotal role.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	15813–15816
Journal	Journal of the American Chemical Society
Volume	136
Issue number	45
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/ja5088979
Publication status	Published - 21 Oct 2014

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