| Literature DB >> 28906106 |
Kenan Tokmic1, Bailey J Jackson1, Andrea Salazar1, Toby J Woods1, Alison R Fout1.
Abstract
The selective hydrogenation of nitriles to primary amines using a bench-stable cobalt precatalyst under 4 atm of H2 is reported herein. The catalyst precursor was reduced in situ using NaHBEt3, and the resulting Lewis acid formed, BEt3, was found to be integral to the observed catalysis. Mechanistic insights gleaned from para-hydrogen induced polarization (PHIP) transfer NMR studies revealed that the pairwise hydrogenation of nitriles proceeded through a Co(I/III) redox process.Entities:
Year: 2017 PMID: 28906106 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b07368
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Chem Soc ISSN: 0002-7863 Impact factor: 15.419