Borrowing hydrogen: iridium-catalysed reactions for the formation of C–C bonds from alcohols

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry Pub Date: 2005-11-25 DOI: 10.1039/B511053J

Abstract

Alcohols have been employed as substrates for C–C bond-forming reactions which involve initial activation by the temporary removal of hydrogen to form an aldehyde. The intermediate aldehyde is converted into an alkene via a Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons reaction, nitroaldol and aldol reactions. The ‘borrowed hydrogen’ is then returned to the alkene to form a C–C bond.

Graphical abstract: Borrowing hydrogen: iridium-catalysed reactions for the formation of C–C bonds from alcohols
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