56644-00-9Relevant articles and documents
Vanadium-and chromium-catalyzed dehydrogenative synthesis of imines from alcohols and amines
Madsen, Robert,Miao, Yulong,Samuelsen, Simone V.
supporting information, p. 1328 - 1335 (2021/05/29)
Vanadium(IV) tetraphenylporphyrin dichloride and chromium(III) tetraphenylporphyrin chloride have been developed as catalysts for the acceptorless dehydrogenation of alcohols. The catalysts have been applied to the direct synthesis of imines in overall good yields from a variety of alcohols and amines. The transformations are proposed to proceed by metal?ligand bifunctional pathways with an outer-sphere transfer of two hydrogen atoms from the alcohol to the metal porphyrin complexes. The results show that vanadium and chromium catalysts can also be employed for the dehydrogenation of alcohols with the release of hydrogen gas, and they may represent valuable alternatives to other catalysts based on Earth-abundant metals.
H2 Activation by Non-Transition-Metal Systems: Hydrogenation of Aldimines and Ketimines with LiN(SiMe3)2
Elliott, Daniel C.,Marti, Alex,Mauleón, Pablo,Pfaltz, Andreas
supporting information, p. 1918 - 1922 (2019/01/16)
In recent years, H2 activation at non-transition-metal centers has met with increasing attention. Here, a system in which H2 is activated and transferred to aldimines and ketimines using substoichiometric amounts of lithium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide is reported. Notably, the reaction tolerates the presence of acidic protons in the α-position. Mechanistic investigations indicated that the reaction proceeds via a lithium hydride intermediate as the actual reductant.
Development and mechanistic investigation of the manganese(iii) salen-catalyzed dehydrogenation of alcohols
Samuelsen, Simone V.,Santilli, Carola,Ahlquist, M?rten S. G.,Madsen, Robert
, p. 1150 - 1157 (2019/02/03)
The first example of a manganese(iii) catalyst for the acceptorless dehydrogenation of alcohols is presented. N,N′-Bis(salicylidene)-1,2-cyclohexanediaminomanganese(iii) chloride (2) has been shown to catalyze the direct synthesis of imines from a variety of alcohols and amines with the liberation of hydrogen gas. The mechanism has been investigated experimentally with labelled substrates and theoretically with DFT calculations. The results indicate a metal-ligand bifunctional pathway in which both imine groups in the salen ligand are first reduced to form a manganese(iii) amido complex as the catalytically active species. Dehydrogenation of the alcohol then takes place by a stepwise outer-sphere hydrogen transfer generating a manganese(iii) salan hydride from which hydrogen gas is released.