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Highly Selective Semihydrogenation of Phenylalkynes to (Z)-Styrenes Using Hantzsch Ester 1, 4-Dihydropyridine Catalyzed by Pd/C

Y Zhao, Q Liu, J Li, Z Liu, B Zhou

Index: Zhao, Yankai; Liu, Qiang; Li, Jing; Liu, Zhongquan; Zhou, Bo Synlett, 2010 , # 12 p. 1870 - 1872

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Abstract

Hantzsch ester 1,4-dihydropyridine (HEH), analogues of coenzyme NAD(P)H, has been used as a safe and easy-to-handle reagent for the reduction of organic functional groups. [8] In 2004, Wu and co-workers [9] reported a novel system of HEH, and platinum(II) complexes can produce hydrogen irradiated by visible light. Encouraged by their results, we begin to question whether the HEH can be used as the hydrogen resource for the semihydrogenation of ...