Borrowing hydrogen: a catalytic route to C–C bond formation from alcohols

…, DJ Shermer, MK Whittlesey, JMJ Williams…

Index: Edwards, Michael G.; Jazzar, Rodolphe F. R.; Paine, Belinda M.; Shermer, Duncan J.; Whittlesey, Michael K.; Williams, Jonathan M. J.; Edney, Dean D. Chemical Communications, 2004 , # 1 p. 90 - 91

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Abstract

Ruthenium complexes have been shown to perform efficient transfer hydrogenation reactions between alcohols and alkenes; in combination with an in situ Wittig reaction, indirect formation of C–C bonds has been achieved from alcohols. ... Scheme 1 Catalytic electronic activation: indirect Wittig reaction upon alcohols. ... Scheme 2 Reversible dehydrogenation/hydrogenation pathway of complex 1. ... It was subsequently demonstrated that vinyltrimethylsilane (3) ...