Formal hydration of non-activated terminal olefins using tandem catalysts.
The hydration of terminal olefins to secondary alcohols has been achieved using a Pd(II)/Ru(II) catalyst combination with high regioselectivity and yields. Both vinyl arenes and aliphatic olefins can be hydrated easily with the tandem catalyst system using a low catalyst loading of 1 mol%.
Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, 117543, Singapore. peiliteo@nus.edu.sg.
Yongsheng
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Yang
Jiayi
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Guo
Huimin
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Ng
Zhiyong
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Chen
Peili
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Teo