[HTML][HTML] Ammonia borane-enabled hydrogen transfer processes: Insights into catalytic strategies and mechanisms

W Zhao, H Li, H Zhang, S Yang, A Riisager - Green Energy & Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Transfer hydrogenation (TH) with in situ generated hydrogen donor is of great importance in
reduction reactions, and an alternative strategy to traditional hydrogenation processes …

Epoxide electroreduction

C Huang, W Ma, X Zheng, M Xu, X Qi… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Selective hydrogenation of epoxides would be a direct and powerful approach for alcohol
synthesis, but it has proven to be elusive. Here, electrochemically epoxide hydrogenation …

Photocatalytic Anti‐Markovnikov Radical Hydro‐ and Aminooxygenation of Unactivated Alkenes Tuned by Ketoxime Carbonates

SQ Lai, BY Wei, JW Wang, W Yu, B Han - Angewandte Chemie, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A tunable photocatalytic method is reported for anti‐Markovnikov hydro‐and
aminooxygenation of unactivated alkenes using readily accessible ketoxime carbonates as …

Indirect reduction of CO 2 and recycling of polymers by manganese-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation of amides, carbamates, urea derivatives, and polyurethanes

X Liu, T Werner - Chemical Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The reduction of polar bonds, in particular carbonyl groups, is of fundamental importance in
organic chemistry and biology. Herein, we report a manganese pincer complex as a …

Rapid and mild metal-free reduction of epoxides to primary alcohols mediated by HFIP

M Vayer, S Zhang, J Moran, D Lebœuf - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
The reduction of epoxides is a powerful tool to access anti-Markovnikov alcohols, but
reported methods are poorly compatible with strongly electronically deactivated substrates …

Co(II)-Catalyzed Additive-Free Transfer Hydrogenation of N-Heteroarenes at Room Temperature

D Mahapatra, A Sau, T Ghosh, A Roy, S Kundu - Organic Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Traditional catalyst development relies on multistep synthesis and isolation of ligand and
precatalyst. Designing a catalytic system that can be assembled in situ from easily …

Coupling Titanium and Chromium Catalysis in a Reaction Network for the Reprogramming of [BH4] as Electron Transfer and Hydrogen Atom Transfer Reagent for …

M Heinz, G Weiss, G Shizgal… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We describe a unique catalytic system with an efficient coupling of Ti‐and Cr‐catalysis in a
reaction network that allows the use of [BH4]− as stoichiometric hydrogen atom and electron …

Titanocene (III)‐Catalyzed Precision Deuteration of Epoxides

DSG Henriques, E Rojo‐Wiechel… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We describe a titanocene (III)‐catalyzed deuterosilylation of epoxides that provides β‐
deuterated anti‐Markovnikov alcohols with excellent D‐incorporation, in high yield, and …

Catalytic Hydrogenation of Epoxides to Alcohols

S Thiyagarajan, C Gunanathan - Chemistry–An Asian Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Atom‐economical catalytic reactions are a highly enticing strategy because all atoms of the
starting materials are incorporated into the products. Catalytic hydrogenation of epoxides to …

TiCl4-Catalyzed Hydroboration of Ketones with Ammonia Borane

PV Ramachandran, AA Alawaed… - The Journal of Organic …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Investigation of a variety of Lewis acids for the hydroboration-hydrolysis (reduction) of
ketones with amine-boranes has revealed that catalytic (10 mol%) titanium tetrachloride …