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Borrowing Hydrogen in the Activation of Alcohols
Author(s) -
Hamid Malai Haniti S. A.,
Slatford Paul A.,
Williams Jonathan M. J.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
advanced synthesis and catalysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.541
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1615-4169
pISSN - 1615-4150
DOI - 10.1002/adsc.200600638
Subject(s) - chemistry , catalysis , hydrogen , organic chemistry , metal carbonyl , metal , alcohol , alcohol oxidation , hydrogen bond , molecule
Alcohols can be temporarily converted into carbonyl compounds by the metal‐catalysed removal of hydrogen. The carbonyl compounds are reactive in a wider range of transformations than the precursor alcohols and can react in situ to give imines, alkenes, and α‐functionalised carbonyl compounds. The metal catalyst, which had borrowed the hydrogen, then returns it to the transformed carbonyl compound, leading to an overall process in which alcohols can be converted into amines, compounds containing CC bonds and β‐functionalised alcohols.