Transfer Hydrogenation Employing Ethylene Diamine Bisborane in Water and Pd- and Ru-Nanoparticles in  Ionic Liquids

Sebastian Sahler; Martin Scott; Christian Gedig; Martin H. G. Prechtl

doi:10.3390/molecules200917058

Molecules (Sep 2015)

Transfer Hydrogenation Employing Ethylene Diamine Bisborane in Water and Pd- and Ru-Nanoparticles in Ionic Liquids

Sebastian Sahler,
Martin Scott,
Christian Gedig,
Martin H. G. Prechtl

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Sebastian Sahler: Department of Chemistry, University of Cologne, Greinstrasse 6, 50939 Cologne, Germany
Martin Scott: Department of Chemistry, University of Cologne, Greinstrasse 6, 50939 Cologne, Germany
Christian Gedig: Department of Chemistry, University of Cologne, Greinstrasse 6, 50939 Cologne, Germany
Martin H. G. Prechtl: Department of Chemistry, University of Cologne, Greinstrasse 6, 50939 Cologne, Germany

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules200917058
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 20, no. 9
pp. 17058 – 17069

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Herein we demonstrate the use of ethylenediamine bisborane (EDAB) as a suitable hydrogen source for transfer hydrogenation reactions on C-C double bonds mediated by metal nanoparticles. Moreover, EDAB also acts as a reducing agent for carbonyl functionalities in water under metal-free conditions.

Published in Molecules

ISSN: 1420-3049 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry: Organic chemistry
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/molecules

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