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SUBMITTER: Maulbetsch T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7496459 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Maulbetsch Theo T Jürgens Eva E Kunz Doris D
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) 20200723 46
The use of carbon monoxide as a direct reducing agent for the deoxygenation of terminal and internal epoxides to the respective olefins is presented. This reaction is homogeneously catalyzed by a carbonyl pincer-iridium(I) complex in combination with a Lewis acid co-catalyst to achieve a pre-activation of the epoxide substrate, as well as the elimination of CO<sub>2</sub> from a γ-2-iridabutyrolactone intermediate. Especially terminal alkyl epoxides react smoothly and without significant isomeri ...[more]