Tetrahedron

Transfer hydrogenation of olefins catalysed by nickel nanoparticles

F Alonso, P Riente, M Yus

Index: Alonso, Francisco; Riente, Paola; Yus, Miguel Tetrahedron, 2009 , vol. 65, # 51 p. 10637 - 10643

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Abstract

Nickel nanoparticles have been found to effectively catalyse the hydrogen-transfer reduction of a variety of non-functionalised and functionalised olefins using 2-propanol as the hydrogen donor. The heterogeneous process has been shown to be highly chemoselective for certain substrates, with all the corresponding alkanes being obtained in high yields. A synthesis of the natural dihydrostilbene brittonin A is also reported based on the use of ...