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SUBMITTER: Ma X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6054054 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ma Xiaoshen X Herzon Seth B SB
Chemical science 20150821 11
Classical methods for alkene hydrogenation typically reduce less-substituted or more-strained alkenes, or those in proximity to a directing group, most rapidly. Here we describe a cobalt-mediated hydrogenation protocol that provides complementary selectivities in the reduction of several classes of olefins and alkynes. The selectivity of this reduction derives from a hydrogen atom transfer mechanism, which favors the generation of the more stable alkylradical intermediate. We also report the fir ...[more]