3179-63-3Relevant articles and documents
Hydrogenation of Esters by Manganese Catalysts
Li, Fu,Li, Xiao-Gen,Xiao, Li-Jun,Xie, Jian-Hua,Xu, Yue,Zhou, Qi-Lin
, (2022/01/13)
The hydrogenation of esters catalyzed by a manganese complex of phosphine-aminopyridine ligand was developed. Using this protocol, a variety of (hetero)aromatic and aliphatic carboxylates including biomass-derived esters and lactones were hydrogenated to primary alcohols with 63–98% yields. The manganese catalyst was found to be active for the hydrogenation of methyl benzoate, providing benzyl alcohol with turnover numbers (TON) as high as 45,000. Investigation of catalyst intermediates indicated that the amido manganese complex was the active catalyst species for the reaction. (Figure presented.).
Reductive amination of nitriles using transfer hydrogenation
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Paragraph 5; 6; 7; 8, (2016/11/09)
This disclosure describes a low temperature process for the preparation of tertiary amines from nitriles and secondary amines via reductive amination using transfer hydrogenation. The process can use a nitrile and a dialkylamine and proceeds under surprisingly mild conditions using a palladium catalyst and the corresponding dialkylammonium formate as the hydrogen donor, and show a pronounced acceleration in the presence of water.
Improved Second Generation Iron Pincer Complexes for Effective Ester Hydrogenation
Elangovan, Saravanakumar,Wendt, Bianca,Topf, Christoph,Bachmann, Stephan,Scalone, Michelangelo,Spannenberg, Anke,Jiao, Haijun,Baumann, Wolfgang,Junge, Kathrin,Beller, Matthias
supporting information, p. 820 - 825 (2016/03/09)
Hydrogenation of esters to alcohols with a well-defined iron iPr2PNP pincer complex has been recently reported by us and other groups. We now introduce a novel and sterically less hindered Et2PNP congener that provides superior catalytic activity in the hydrogenation of various carboxylic acid esters and lactones compared to the known complex. Successful hydrogenation proceeds under relatively mild conditions (60°C) with lower catalyst loadings.