Flavin-Catalyzed Generation of Diimide: An Environmentally Friendly Method for the Aerobic Hydrogenation of Olefins
摘要:
The first green and practical method for "aerobic hydrogenation" involving the use of hydrazine and an organocatalyst is described. Olefins can be hydrogenated by treatment with hydrazine in the presence of a 5-ethyl-3-methyllumiflavinium perchlorate (FlEt+.ClO4-) catalyst under O2 atmosphere to give the corresponding hydrogenated products in excellent yields along with environmentally benign water and molecular nitrogen as the only waste products.
Various olefins can be hydrogenated quantitatively with neutral flavin 2 catalysts in the presence of 1-2 equiv of hydrazine under 1 atm of O(2), Vitamin B(2) derivative 2g acts as a highly efficient and robust catalyst for the present environmentally benign process producing water and nitrogen gas as the only waste products.