Frustrated Lewis pair catalyzed hydrodehalogenation of benzyl-halides

Tontong Wang, Maotong Xu, Andrew Jupp, Shi-Ming Chen, Zheng-Wang Qu, Stefan Grimme, Douglas Stephan

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Abstract

10 mol% B(2,6-C6F2H3)3 in the presence of excess tetramethylpiperidine (TMP) and H2 (or D2) is shown to catalyze the hydrogenative dehalogenation of benzyl-halides to give corresponding toluene derivatives. These reactions proceed via an initial FLP activation of H2 yielding the ammonium hydridoborate [TMPH][HB(2,6-C6F2H3)3]. This species acts in analogy to a FLP to cooperatively activate C–X bond (X = Cl, Br, I) of benzyl-halides delivering hydride and generating the corresponding ammonium halide salts.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1175-1178
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Communications
Volume58
Issue number8
Early online date20 Dec 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 Jan 2022

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Catalysis
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Ceramics and Composites
  • General Chemistry
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films
  • Metals and Alloys
  • Materials Chemistry

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