title: Palladium catalysts for dehydrogenation of ammonia borane with preferential B-H activation.
abstract: Cationic Pd(II) complexes catalyzed the dehydrogenation of ammonia borane in the most efficient manner with the release of 2.0 equiv of H(2) in less than 60 s at 25 degrees C. Most of the hydrogen atoms were obtained from the boron atom of the ammonia borane. The first step of the dehydrogenation reaction was elaborated using density functional theory calculations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Chung-nam 339-700, Korea.
authors.forename: Sung-Kwan
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Won-Sik
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Tae-Jin
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Tae-Young
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Suk Woo
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Nam
authors.forename: Mariusz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mitoraj
authors.forename: Łukasz
authors.initials: Ł
authors.lastname: Piekoś
authors.forename: Artur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Michalak
authors.forename: Son-Jong
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Sang Ook
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Kang