Wei Wang, Wei Meng and Haifeng Du
Dalton Trans., 2016,45, 5945-5948
DOI:
10.1039/C5DT03872C,
Communication
This paper describes the first metal-free hydrogenation of 3,6-diarylpyridazines, which was successfully realized using B(C6F5)3 as a catalyst. A variety of 1,4,5,6-tetrahydropyridazine derivatives were furnished in 85–95% yields.