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Alena Karakulina1, Aswin Gopakumar1, İsmail Akçok1, Bastien L Roulier1, Thomas LaGrange2, Sergey A Katsyuba3, Shoubhik Das4, Paul J Dyson5.
Abstract
We describe a catalytic system composed of rhodium nanoparticles immobilized in a Lewis acidic ionic liquid. The combined system catalyzes the hydrogenation of quinolines, pyridines, benzofurans, and furan to access the corresponding heterocycles, important molecules present in fine chemicals, agrochemicals, and pharmaceuticals. The catalyst is highly selective, acting only on the heteroaromatic ring, and not interfering with other reducible functional groups.Entities:
Keywords: Lewis acids; hydrogenation; ionic liquids; nanoparticle catalysis; quinolines
Year: 2015 PMID: 26577114 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201507945
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl ISSN: 1433-7851 Impact factor: 15.336