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Copper hydride-catalyzed reduction of electron-deficient olefins

Ai-Jun Zheng, Feng-Jun Shan, Zheng-Ning Li, Zeng-Chang Li, and Lan Jiang

College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Dalian University, Dalian, 116622, China

E-mail: znli@dl.cn

Abstract: Copper hydride derived from CuF(PPh₃)₃·2MeOH-bis[(2-diphenylphosphino)phenyl] ethersilane can reduce electron-deficient olefins selectively and efficiently.

Keywords: copper hydride – conjugate reduction – α,β-unsaturated carbonyl – catalysis – bis[(2-diphenylphosphino)phenyl] ether

Full paper is available at www.springerlink.com.

DOI: 10.2478/s11696-013-0380-2

Chemical Papers 67 (10) 1271–1276 (2013)