Efficient Hydrogenation of Sterically Hindered Olefins with Borane−Methyl Sulfide Complex
摘要:
Sterically hindered olefins are efficiently reduced to the corresponding alkanes by the borane-methyl sulfide (BMS) complex at room temperature (or below) in dichloromethane containing a mild one-electron oxidant (such as an aromatic cation radical) or by the passage of an anodic current. In an alternative procedure, the hydrogenation of the same (electron-rich) olefins with the EMS complex (in the absence of a one-electron oxidant) is also carried out-in the presence of a strong Bronsted acid (such as HBF4). In the oxidative activation, olefin cation radicals are the first observable intermediates, and separate experiments (including transient electrochemistry) confirm the facile reduction of the olefin cation radical by borane to produce the corresponding alkane. The direct protonation of olefins produces carbocationic intermediates which are also efficiently reduced by borane to the corresponding alkanes. The intermediacy of both olefin cation radicals and carbocations in the hydrogenation procedure with borane is discussed.
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申请人:The Ohio State University Research Foundation
公开号:US04683087A1
公开(公告)日:1987-07-28
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Efficient Hydrogenation of Sterically Hindered Olefins with Borane−Methyl Sulfide Complex
作者:R. Rathore、U. Weigand、J. K. Kochi
DOI:10.1021/jo960357e
日期:1996.1.1
Sterically hindered olefins are efficiently reduced to the corresponding alkanes by the borane-methyl sulfide (BMS) complex at room temperature (or below) in dichloromethane containing a mild one-electron oxidant (such as an aromatic cation radical) or by the passage of an anodic current. In an alternative procedure, the hydrogenation of the same (electron-rich) olefins with the EMS complex (in the absence of a one-electron oxidant) is also carried out-in the presence of a strong Bronsted acid (such as HBF4). In the oxidative activation, olefin cation radicals are the first observable intermediates, and separate experiments (including transient electrochemistry) confirm the facile reduction of the olefin cation radical by borane to produce the corresponding alkane. The direct protonation of olefins produces carbocationic intermediates which are also efficiently reduced by borane to the corresponding alkanes. The intermediacy of both olefin cation radicals and carbocations in the hydrogenation procedure with borane is discussed.
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