Dehydration and Dehydrogenation of Alcohols Catalyzed by Active Carbon

Enhanced dehydrogenation of LiBH4 catalyzed by carbon-supported Pt nanoparticles.

The catalytic dehydrogenation of LiBH(4) doped with exceptionally low quantities of carbon-supported Pt nanoparticles can be improved significantly, and smaller Pt nanoparticles result in greater enhanced catalytic dehydrogenation of LiBH(4) than do larger Pt nanoparticles.

Substitution of alcohols by N-nucleophiles via transition metal-catalyzed dehydrogenation.

Transition metal-catalyzed substitution of alcohols by N-nucleophiles (or N-alkylation of amines and related compounds with alcohols) avoids the use of alkylating agents by means of borrowing hydrogen (BH) activation of the alcohol substrates. Water is produced as the only by-product, which makes the "BH" processes atom-economic and environmentally benign. Diverse types of homogeneous organomet...

Direct Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation from Alcohols and Active Methylenes, Alkoxyketone, or Indoles Catalyzed by Indium Trichloride without Salt Formation

Catalytic dehydration of alcohols

Palladium Catalyzed Aerobic Dehydrogenation: From Alcohols to Indoles and Asymmetric Catalysis

Catalytic aerobic dehydrogenation of organic substrates is going through a Renaissance. Recent advances in this area have led to the discovery of palladium-catalyzed alcohol dehydrogenations and oxidative heteroand carbocyclizations. The development of asymmetric catalytic dehydrogenations is the latest advance in a long line of catalytic asymmetric oxidation reactions. Introduction Asymmetric ...