Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks: Simple Selective and Regiodivergent Quinoline Hydrogenation
Florian Bourriquen, Julien Hervochon, Stephan Bartling, Nils Rockstroh, Cédric Fischmeister, Kathrin Junge, Matthias Beller
Abstract
A methodology for a regiodivergent hydrogenation of quinolines is reported using broadly available and commercial supported ruthenium catalysts. cis - or trans -Decahydroquinolines are obtained in high yield and high diastereoselectivity by simple variation of the catalyst and/or reaction temperature.
Topics & Concepts
CatalysisRutheniumQuinolineYield (engineering)Combinatorial chemistryChemistryOrganic chemistryMaterials scienceMetallurgyAsymmetric Hydrogenation and CatalysisNanomaterials for catalytic reactionsSurface Chemistry and Catalysis