title: Highly Selective Hydrogenation of Aromatic Ketones and Phenols Enabled by Cyclic (Amino)(alkyl)carbene Rhodium Complexes.
abstract: Air-stable Rh complexes ligated by strongly σ-donating cyclic (amino)(alkyl)carbenes (CAACs) show unique catalytic activity for the selective hydrogenation of aromatic ketones and phenols by reducing the aryl groups. The use of CAAC ligands is essential for achieving high selectivity and conversion. This method is characterized by its good compatibility with unsaturated ketones, esters, carboxylic acids, amides, and amino acids and is scalable without detriment to its efficiency.
authors.affiliation: †Center for Organic Chemistry, Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710054, China.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: †Center for Organic Chemistry, Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710054, China.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.affiliation: †Center for Organic Chemistry, Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710054, China.
authors.forename: Xuefeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Cong
authors.affiliation: †Center for Organic Chemistry, Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710054, China.|‡State Key Laboratory of Elemento-organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
authors.forename: Xiaoming
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zeng
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D006865:Hydrogenation; D007659:Ketones / Q000737:chemistry*; D008024:Ligands; D008697:Methane / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D010636:Phenols / Q000737:chemistry*; D012238:Rhodium / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D007659:Ketones; D008024:Ligands; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D010636:Phenols; C030011:carbene; D012238:Rhodium; D008697:Methane