Issue 12, 2013

The coordination chemistry of organo-hydride donors: new prospects for efficient multi-electron reduction

Abstract

In biological reduction processes the dihydronicotinamides NAD(P)H often transfer hydride to an unsaturated substrate bound within an enzyme active site. In many cases, metal ions in the active site bind, polarize and thereby activate the substrate to direct attack by hydride from NAD(P)H cofactor. This review looks more widely at the metal coordination chemistry of organic donors of hydride ion – organo-hydrides – such as dihydronicotinamides, other dihydropyridines including Hantzsch's ester and dihydroacridine derivatives, those derived from five-membered heterocycles including the benzimidazolines and benzoxazolines, and all-aliphatic hydride donors such as hexadiene and hexadienyl anion derivatives. The hydride donor properties – hydricities – of organo-hydrides and how these are affected by metal ions are discussed. The coordination chemistry of organo-hydrides is critically surveyed and the use of metal–organo-hydride systems in electrochemically-, photochemically- and chemically-driven reductions of unsaturated organic and inorganic (e.g. carbon dioxide) substrates is highlighted. The sustainable electrocatalytic, photochemical or chemical regeneration of organo-hydrides such as NAD(P)H, including for driving enzyme-catalysed reactions, is summarised and opportunities for development are indicated. Finally, new prospects are identified for metal–organo-hydride systems as catalysts for organic transformations involving ‘hydride-borrowing’ and for sustainable multi-electron reductions of unsaturated organic and inorganic substrates directly driven by electricity or light or by renewable reductants such as formate/formic acid.

Graphical abstract: The coordination chemistry of organo-hydride donors: new prospects for efficient multi-electron reduction

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
14 Nov 2012
First published
18 Mar 2013

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013,42, 5439-5488

The coordination chemistry of organo-hydride donors: new prospects for efficient multi-electron reduction

A. McSkimming and S. B. Colbran, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013, 42, 5439 DOI: 10.1039/C3CS35466K

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