Gu Y, Norton JR, Salahi F, Lisnyak VG, Zhou Z, Snyder SA. Highly Selective Hydrogenation of C═C Bonds Catalyzed by a Rhodium Hydride.
J Am Chem Soc 2021;
143:9657-9663. [PMID:
34142805 DOI:
10.1021/jacs.1c04683]
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Abstract
Under mild conditions (room temperature, 80 psi of H2) Cp*Rh(2-(2-pyridyl)phenyl)H catalyzes the selective hydrogenation of the C═C bond in α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds, including natural product precursors with bulky substituents in the β position and substrates possessing an array of additional functional groups. It also catalyzes the hydrogenation of many isolated double bonds. Mechanistic studies reveal that no radical intermediates are involved, and the catalyst appears to be homogeneous, thereby affording important complementarity to existing protocols for similar hydrogenation processes.
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