title: Activation of a Carbon-Oxygen Bond of Benzofuran by Precoordination of Manganese to the Carbocyclic Ring: A Model for Hydrodeoxygenation.
abstract: Stable unsaturated heterocycles such as benzofuran are difficult to remove from petroleum by conventional catalytic hydrotreating. However, in a model system, coordination of Mn(CO)(3)(+) to the aromatic ring of benzofuran activates the C-O bond towards insertion of [Pt(PPh(3))(2)] [Eq. (1)]. The insertion is preceded by precoordination to the furan C=C bond; thus, the 2,3-dihydro analogue of 1, which lacks this double bond, does not undergo insertion of the Pt moiety.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912 (USA).
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Dullaghan
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Gorun
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Sweigart