Catalytic Ketone Hydrodeoxygenation Mediated by Highly Electrophilic Phosphonium Cations1. (1st June 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mehta, Meera; Holthausen, Michael H.; Mallov, Ian; Pérez, Manuel; Qu, Zheng‐Wang; Grimme, Stefan; Stephan, Douglas W.
• Is Part Of: Angewandte Chemie. Volume 127:Number 28(2015)
• Page Start: 8368
• Page End: 8372
• Publication Date: 2015-06-01
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/ange.201502579
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0044-8249

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>Ketones are efficiently deoxygenated in the presence of silane using highly electrophilic phosphonium cation (EPC) salts as catalysts, thus affording the corresponding alkane and siloxane. The influence of distinct substitution patterns on the catalytic effectiveness of several EPCs was evaluated. The deoxygenation mechanism was probed by DFT methods.</p> </abstract>