Issue 31, 2011
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Chemical Communications

Transfer hydrogenation of unfunctionalised alkenes using N-heterocyclic carbeneruthenium catalyst precursors

Sabine Horna  and  Martin Albrecht*a  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
E-mail: martin.albrecht@ucd.ie
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Tel: +353 1716 2504

Abstract

Transfer hydrogenation of unfunctionalised and aliphatic alkenes in iPrOH/KOH is efficiently catalysed by an olefin-tethered N-heterocyclic carbene ruthenium complex, which also catalyses double bond migration as a competitive and considerably faster process.

Graphical abstract: Transfer hydrogenation of unfunctionalised alkenes using N-heterocyclic carbeneruthenium catalyst precursors

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC12923F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
18 May 2011
Accepted
17 Jun 2011
First published
04 Jul 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 8802-8804

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Transfer hydrogenation of unfunctionalised alkenes using N-heterocyclic carbeneruthenium catalyst precursors

S. Horn and M. Albrecht, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 8802 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC12923F

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