Iron-Catalysed Reduction of Olefins using a Borohydride Reagent

Tom S. Carter; Lea Guiet; Dominik J. Frank; James West; Stephen P. Thomas

doi:10.1002/adsc.201200577

Iron-Catalysed Reduction of Olefins using a Borohydride Reagent

Tom S. Carter, Lea Guiet, Dominik J. Frank, James West, Stephen P. Thomas^*

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School of Chemistry

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Abstract

The iron-catalysed reduction of olefins has been achieved using a simple iron salt and sodium triethylborohydride. A wide range of mono- and trans-1,2-disubstituted alkenes have been reduced (91100%) using 25mol% iron(II) triflate, 1mol% N-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone and 4equivalents of sodium triethylborohydride. The reduction of alkynes to alkanes is also reported (up to 84%). Significantly, the reduction of trisubstituted alkenes has also been achieved (6086%).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	880-884
Number of pages	5
Journal	Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis
Volume	355
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.201200577
Publication status	Published - Mar 2013

Keywords

catalysis
hydrogenation
iron
olefins
reduction
CROSS-COUPLING REACTIONS
ASYMMETRIC TRANSFER HYDROGENATION
GRIGNARD-REAGENTS
ARYL IODIDES
COMPLEXES
ALKENES
ALKYNES
ACETOPHENONE
HALIDES
FE

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Asymmetric Cross-Coupling via Iron-Catalysed Reductive Cross-Coupling
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