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J Am Chem Soc. 2008 Jun 04;130(22):6916-7. doi: 10.1021/ja801232t. Epub 2008 May 06.

Sustainable radical reduction through catalytic hydrogen atom transfer.

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Andreas Gansäuer, Chun-An Fan, Frederik Piestert

Affiliations

  1. Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie and Biochemie der Universität Bonn, Gerhard Domagk Strasse 1, 53121 Bonn, Germany. [email protected]

PMID: 18457391 DOI: 10.1021/ja801232t

Abstract

A system with coupled catalytic cycles is described that allows radical reduction by hydrogen atom abstraction from rhodium hydrides. These intermediates are generated from H2 activation by Wilkinson's catalyst. Radical generation is carried out by titanocene-catalyzed electron transfer to epoxides.

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