title: Borrowing hydrogen: iridium-catalysed reactions for the formation of C-C bonds from alcohols.
abstract: Alcohols have been employed as substrates for C-C bond-forming reactions which involve initial activation by the temporary removal of hydrogen to form an aldehyde. The intermediate aldehyde is converted into an alkene via a Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction, nitroaldol and aldol reactions. The 'borrowed hydrogen' is then returned to the alkene to form a C-C bond.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK.
authors.forename: Phillip J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: Gerta
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cami-Kobeci
authors.forename: Michael G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Slatford
authors.forename: Michael K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Whittlesey
authors.forename: Jonathan M J
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Williams