Chemical Communications

Metal-free hydrogen activation and hydrogenation of imines by 1, 8-bis (dipentafluorophenylboryl) naphthalene

C Jiang, O Blacque, H Berke

Index: Jiang, Chunfang; Blacque, Olivier; Berke, Heinz Chemical Communications, 2009 , # 37 p. 5518 - 5520

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Citation Number: 47

Abstract

In 2006 Stephan et al. discovered that “metal-free” main group element Lewis acid–base pairs, like Mes 2 P(C 6 F 4 )B(C 6 F 5 ) 2 , 1 can reversibly activate H 2 . This finding triggered a search for a new type of hydrogenation catalysts. Similar to protonic–hydridic transition metal complexes such hydrogenation systems operate via a “bifunctional activation” or “ionic hydrogenation” mode with formal heterolysis of H 2 . For proper reactivity such Lewis ...