Metal-Free Hydrogenation of Electron-Poor Allenes and Alkenes†
Dr. Blanca Inés
Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr (Germany)
Search for more papers by this authorDr. David Palomas
Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr (Germany)
Search for more papers by this authorSigrid Holle
Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr (Germany)
Search for more papers by this authorSebastian Steinberg
Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr (Germany)
Search for more papers by this authorJuan A. Nicasio
Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr (Germany)
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Dr. Manuel Alcarazo
Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr (Germany)
Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr (Germany)Search for more papers by this authorDr. Blanca Inés
Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr (Germany)
Search for more papers by this authorDr. David Palomas
Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr (Germany)
Search for more papers by this authorSigrid Holle
Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr (Germany)
Search for more papers by this authorSebastian Steinberg
Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr (Germany)
Search for more papers by this authorJuan A. Nicasio
Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr (Germany)
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Dr. Manuel Alcarazo
Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr (Germany)
Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr (Germany)Search for more papers by this authorGenerous financial support from the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie and the European Research Council (ERC Starting grant agreement no. 277963) is gratefully acknowledged. We also thank Prof. A. Fürstner for constant encouragement and the NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography departments of our institute for excellent support.
Graphical Abstract
The poorer, the better: A metal-free catalytic procedure for the reduction of electron-poor allenes and alkenes has been developed. The method employs a frustrated Lewis pair based catalyst. 1,4-Diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (DABCO)/B(C6F5)3 was shown to be the best combination in optimization studies.
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