Issue 98, 2012
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Chemical Communications

Metal-free hydrogenation catalysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons†

Yasutomo Segawaa  and  Douglas W. Stephan*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo, Nagoya 464-8602, Chikusa, Japan

b Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St George St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
E-mail: dstephan@chem.utoronto.ca
Tel: +1-416-946-3294

Abstract

The frustrated Lewis pair, B(C6F5)3/Ph2PC6F5, acts as an efficient catalyst for the hydrogenation of the polycyclic hydrocarbons including anthracene derivatives, tetracene and tetraphene, at 80 °C and 100 atm H2 pressure via a mechanism involving protonation of polyaromatic species followed by hydride transfer.

Graphical abstract: Metal-free hydrogenation catalysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC37190A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
02 Oct 2012
Accepted
25 Oct 2012
First published
05 Nov 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 11963-11965

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Metal-free hydrogenation catalysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Y. Segawa and D. W. Stephan, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 11963 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC37190A

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