Versatile catalytic hydrogenation using a simple tin(IV) Lewis acid
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Journal Article
Abstract
Despite the rapid development of frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) chemistry over the last ten years, its application in catalytic hydrogenations remains dependent on a narrow family of structurally similar early main‐group Lewis acids (LAs), inevitably placing limitations on reactivity, sensitivity and substrate scope. Herein we describe the FLP‐mediated H2 activation and catalytic hydrogenation activity of the alternative LA iPr3SnOTf, which acts as a surrogate for the trialkylstannylium ion iPr3Sn+, and is rapidly and easily prepared from simple, inexpensive starting materials. This highly thermally robust LA is found to be competent in the hydrogenation of a number of different unsaturated functional groups (which is unique to date for main‐group FLP LAs not based on boron), and also displays a remarkable tolerance to moisture.
Date Issued
2016-11-14
Date Acceptance
2016-10-01
Citation
Angewandte Chemie, 2016, 128 (47), pp.14958-14962
ISSN
0044-8249
Start Page
14958
End Page
14962
Journal / Book Title
Angewandte Chemie
Volume
128
Issue
47
Copyright Statement
© 2016 The Authors. Published by Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Subjects
03 Chemical Sciences
Organic Chemistry
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2016-10-24