Methanol as the Hydrogen Source in the Selective Transfer Hydrogenation of Alkynes Enabled by a Manganese Pincer Complex
Jan Sklyaruk, Viktoriia Zubar, Jannik C. Borghs, Magnus Rueping
Abstract
The first base metal-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation of alkynes with methanol is described. An air and moisture stable manganese pincer complex catalyzes the reduction of a variety of different alkynes to the corresponding (Z)-olefins in high yields. The reaction is stereo- and chemoselective and scalable.
Topics & Concepts
Pincer movementChemistryTransfer hydrogenationMethanolManganeseCatalysisHydrogenCombinatorial chemistryAlkyneMetalOrganic chemistryPhotochemistryRutheniumAsymmetric Hydrogenation and CatalysisCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysisNanomaterials for catalytic reactions