Palladium catalysts for dehydrogenation of ammonia borane with preferential B-H activation.
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.
Kim
Sung-Kwan
SK
Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Chung-nam 339-700, Korea.
Han
Won-Sik
WS
Kim
Tae-Jin
TJ
Kim
Tae-Young
TY
Nam
Suk Woo
SW
Mitoraj
Mariusz
M
Piekoś
Łukasz
Ł
Michalak
Artur
A
Hwang
Son-Jong
SJ
Kang
Sang Ook
SO