Polymer-Anchored Bifunctional Pincer Catalysts for Chemoselective Transfer Hydrogenation and Related Reactions

Shrouq Mujahed, Federica Valentini, Shirel Cohen, Luigi Vaccaro*, Dmitri Gelman

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Abstract

A series of polymer-supported cooperative PC(sp3)P pincer catalysts was synthesized and characterized. Their catalytic activity in the acceptorless dehydrogenative coupling of alcohols and the transfer hydrogenation of aldehydes with formic acid as a hydrogen source was investigated. This comparative study, examining homogeneous and polymer-tethered species, proved that carefully designing a link between the support and the catalytic moiety, which takes into consideration the mechanism underlying the target transformation, might lead to superior heterogeneous catalysis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4693-4699
Number of pages7
JournalChemSusChem
Volume12
Issue number20
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Oct 2019

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Keywords

  • cooperative catalysis
  • dehydrogenation
  • formic acid
  • pincer complexes
  • transfer hydrogenation

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