title: Oxo-rhenium catalyzed reductive coupling and deoxygenation of alcohols.
abstract: Representative benzylic, allylic and α-keto alcohols are deoxygenated to alkanes and/or reductively coupled to alkane dimers by reaction with PPh3 catalyzed by (PPh3)2ReIO2 (1). The newly discovered catalytic reductive coupling reaction is a rare C-C bond-forming transformation of alcohols.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, 101 Stephenson Pkwy, Norman, OK 73019, USA. knicholas@ou.edu.
authors.forename: Gabrielle R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Kasner
authors.forename: Camille
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boucher-Jacobs
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Michael McClain
authors.forename: Kenneth M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Nicholas