Issue 10, 2005

Hydrogenation in supercritical 1,1,1,2 tetrafluoroethane (HFC 134a)

Abstract

Conventional, unmodified, transition metal catalysts, substrates and reagents have sufficient solubility in sc HFC134a for organic synthesis. Reactivities (100% conversion in 2 h) and enantioselectivities (ca. 90%), comparable to those achievable in conventional organic solvents, are obtained in the asymmetric hydrogenation of a series of substrates in this alternative reaction medium using a rhodium(I)/MonoPhos catalyst.

Graphical abstract: Hydrogenation in supercritical 1,1,1,2 tetrafluoroethane (HFC 134a)

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
27 May 2005
Accepted
11 Aug 2005
First published
02 Sep 2005

Green Chem., 2005,7, 721-725

Hydrogenation in supercritical 1,1,1,2 tetrafluoroethane (HFC 134a)

A. P. Abbott, W. Eltringham, E. G. Hope and M. Nicola, Green Chem., 2005, 7, 721 DOI: 10.1039/B507554H

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