HCOOH/RuCl3·3H2O: An Efficient Hydrogen Transfer System for Highly Chemo- and Stereoselective Semihydrogenation of Diaryl Acetylenes Affording trans-Stilbenes

Title:HCOOH/RuCl3·3H2O: An Efficient Hydrogen Transfer System for Highly Chemo- and Stereoselective Semihydrogenation of Diaryl Acetylenes Affording trans-Stilbenes

Volume: 1 Issue: 2

Author(s): Jie Li, Renqin Zeng and Ruimao Hua

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Keywords: Diarylacetylenes, formic acid, hydrogen transfer, ruthenium trichloride hydrate, semihydrogenation, trans-stilbene, stereodivergence, stereoselectivity, chemoselectivity, cis-stilbene, Mass spectra , substituents, chemical shifts, stereoisomers

Abstract: RuCl3·3H2O-catalyzed stereoselective transfer semihydrogenation of diarylacetylenes with HCOOH as hydrogen source affording trans-stilbenes in good to high yields is developed.

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Li Jie, Zeng Renqin and Hua Ruimao, HCOOH/RuCl3·3H2O: An Efficient Hydrogen Transfer System for Highly Chemo- and Stereoselective Semihydrogenation of Diaryl Acetylenes Affording trans-Stilbenes, Current Catalysis 2012; 1 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/2211544711201020125

DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/2211544711201020125	Print ISSN 2211-5447
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher	Online ISSN 2211-5455