BIAN‐Aluminium‐Catalysed Imine Hydrogenation
Jennifer Pölker, Dieter Schaarschmidt, Josef Bernauer, Matteo Villa, Axel Jacobi von Wangelin
Abstract
Abstract Hydrogenations have been dominated by transition metal catalysis, while the use of more abundant and inexpensive main group metal catalysts has remained a great challenge. Here, a bimetallic Li/Al dihydride was successfully applied to catalytic hydrogenations of imines. The catalyst [( Dipp BIAN)Al(μ‐H) 2 Li(OEt 2 ) 2 ] was easily prepared from the 2e‐reduced BIAN derivative and LiAlH 4 .
Topics & Concepts
Bimetallic stripCatalysisImineAluminiumTransition metalChemistryMetalDerivative (finance)Synergistic catalysisOrganic chemistryBusinessFinanceAsymmetric Hydrogenation and CatalysisOrganoboron and organosilicon chemistryHydrogen Storage and Materials