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SUBMITTER: Murphy SK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4445961 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Science (New York, N.Y.) 20150101 6217
The dehydroformylation of aldehydes to generate olefins occurs during the biosynthesis of various sterols, including cholesterol in humans. Here, we implement a synthetic version that features the transfer of a formyl group and hydride from an aldehyde substrate to a strained olefin acceptor. A Rhodium (Xantphos)(benzoate) catalyst activates aldehyde carbon-hydrogen (C-H) bonds with high chemoselectivity to trigger carbon-carbon (C-C) bond cleavage and generate olefins at low loadings (0.3 to 2 ...[more]