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Inside Back Cover: Non‐Pincer‐Type Manganese Complexes as Efficient Catalysts for the Hydrogenation of Esters (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 26/2017)
Author(s) -
van Putten Robbert,
Uslamin Evgeny A.,
Garbe Marcel,
Liu Chong,
GonzalezdeCastro Angela,
Lutz Martin,
Junge Kathrin,
Hensen Emiel J. M.,
Beller Matthias,
Lefort Laurent,
Pidko Evgeny A.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201704502
Subject(s) - catalysis , manganese , chemistry , denticity , alkoxide , pincer movement , reactivity (psychology) , cover (algebra) , base (topology) , solvent , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , polymer chemistry , metal , mechanical engineering , engineering , medicine , mathematical analysis , alternative medicine , mathematics , pathology
Ester reduction with manganese catalysis is enabled by balancing the reactivity of the Mn(I) species with simple bidentate P,N ligands and the alkoxide base. In their Communication on page 7531 ff., E. A. Pidko and co‐workers report highly active Mn‐based catalyst systems for selective ester hydrogenation. Their performance is the result of a delicate balance between the complex catalytic and deactivation paths, which depend on the choice of the solvent, base, and the reaction conditions.