A Metal??Free Transfer Hydrogenation: Organocatalytic Conjugate Reduction of α, β??Unsaturated Aldehydes

JW Yang, MT Hechavarria Fonseca…

Index: Yang, Jung Woon; Hechavarria Fonseca, Maria T.; List, Benjamin Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2004 , vol. 43, # 48 p. 6660 - 6662

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Abstract

Hydrogenations of double-bond-containing compounds such as carbonyls, imines, and olefins are crucial for living organisms as well as for the industrial production of chemicals. While chemical hydrogenations require metal catalysts or the use of stoichiometric amounts of metal hydrides, nature typically relies on organic cofactors such as nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) in combination with metalloenzymes. Metal-free catalytic ...