Issue 1, 2004
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Chemical Communications

Borrowing hydrogen: a catalytic route to C–C bond formation from alcohols†

Michael G. Edwards,a   Rodolphe F. R. Jazzar,a   Belinda M. Paine,a   Duncan J. Shermer,a   Michael K. Whittlesey,*a   Jonathan M. J. Williams*a  and  Dean D. Edneyb  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, UK
E-mail: chsmkw@bath.ac.uk, chsjmjw@bath.ac.uk

b GlaxoSmithKline Research & Development, Old Powder Mills, Tonbridge, Kent, UK

Abstract

Ruthenium complexes have been shown to perform efficient transfer hydrogenation reactions between alcohols and alkenes; in combination with an in situ Wittig reaction, indirect formation of C–C bonds has been achieved from alcohols.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B312162C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
01 Oct 2003
Accepted
24 Oct 2003
First published
18 Nov 2003

Chem. Commun., 2004, 90-91

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Borrowing hydrogen: a catalytic route to C–C bond formation from alcohols

M. G. Edwards, R. F. R. Jazzar, B. M. Paine, D. J. Shermer, M. K. Whittlesey, J. M. J. Williams and D. D. Edney, Chem. Commun., 2004, 90 DOI: 10.1039/B312162C

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