Catalytic Ketone Hydrodeoxygenation Mediated by Highly Electrophilic Phosphonium Cations

Meera Mehta, Michael H. Holthausen, Ian Mallov, Manuel Pérez, Zheng Wang Qu, Stefan Grimme, Douglas W. Stephan

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Abstract

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.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)8250-8254
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume54
Issue number28
Early online date1 Jun 2015
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Jun 2015

Keywords

  • Lewis acids
  • density functional calculations
  • hydrosilylation
  • phosphorus
  • synthetic methods

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