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Bio-inspired catalytic imine reduction by rhodium complexes with tethered hantzsch pyridinium groups: Evidence for direct hydride transfer from dihydropyridine to metal-activated substrate
McSkimming, Alex,Bhadbhade, Mohan M.,Colbran, Stephen B.
, p. 3411 - 3416 (2013/05/08)
Inspired by Nature: A conceptually new design for a catalyst, combining a metal center abutted to an organic hydride donor, is demonstrated for the formate-driven transfer hydrogenation of imines under ambient conditions. A key step, transfer of hydride from the organohydride donor to the metal-polarized substrate, mirrors that in metallo-(de)hydrogenase enzymes.