Chemoselective semihydrogenation of alkynes catalyzed by manganese(<scp>i</scp>)-PNP pincer complexes
Marcel Garbe, Svenja Budweg, Veronica Papa, Zhihong Wei, Helen Hornke, Stephan Bachmann, Michelangelo Scalone, Anke Spannenberg, Haijun Jiao, Kathrin Junge, Matthias Beller
Abstract
A first homogeneous manganese catalyzed chemoselective semihydrogenation of alkynes to <italic>Z</italic>-olefins in the presence of molecular hydrogen is described.
Topics & Concepts
Pincer movementCatalysisManganeseChemistryCombinatorial chemistryMedicinal chemistryOrganic chemistryAsymmetric Hydrogenation and CatalysisCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysisCatalytic C–H Functionalization Methods