title: Transfer hydrogenation promoted by N-heterocyclic carbene and water.
abstract: N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) promote the transfer hydrogenation of various activated C=C, C=N, and N=N bonds with water as the proton source. The NHCs act as reducing reagents to be converted into their oxides. A detailed reaction mechanism is proposed on the basis of deuterium-labeling experiments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8555, Japan. matsuoka.shinichi@nitech.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Terumasa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Shin-ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suzuki