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Tayseer Mahdi1, Douglas W Stephan.
Abstract
Hydrogenation of alkyl and aryl ketones using H2 is catalytically achieved in 18 examples using 5 mol % B(C6F5)3 in an ethereal solvent. In these cases the borane and ether behave as a frustrated Lewis pair to activate H2 and effect the reduction.Entities:
Year: 2014 PMID: 25333657 DOI: 10.1021/ja508829x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Chem Soc ISSN: 0002-7863 Impact factor: 15.419