Controlled Selectivity through Reversible Inhibition of the Catalyst: Stereodivergent Semihydrogenation of Alkynes
Jie Luo, Yaoyu Liang, Michael Montag, Yael Diskin‐Posner, Liat Avram, David Milstein
Abstract
)-intermediate. The developed system, which is also applied to the controllable isomerization of a terminal alkene, demonstrates how metal catalysis with switchable selectivity can be achieved by reversible inhibition of the catalyst with a simple auxiliary additive.
Topics & Concepts
ChemistrySelectivityCatalysisCombinatorial chemistryStereochemistryOrganic chemistryAsymmetric Hydrogenation and CatalysisCatalytic C–H Functionalization MethodsSynthesis and Catalytic Reactions