Sustainable radical reduction through catalytic hydrogen atom transfer.
A system with coupled catalytic cycles is described that allows radical reduction by hydrogen atom abstraction from rhodium hydrides. These intermediates are generated from H2 activation by Wilkinson's catalyst. Radical generation is carried out by titanocene-catalyzed electron transfer to epoxides.
Gansäuer
Andreas
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Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie and Biochemie der Universität Bonn, Gerhard Domagk Strasse 1, 53121 Bonn, Germany. andreas.gansaeuer@uni-bonn.de
Fan
Chun-An
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Piestert
Frederik
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