Acceptorless, Reversible Dehydrogenation and Hydrogenation of N-Heterocycles with a Cobalt Pincer Catalyst

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• 作者：Ruibo Xu ; Sumit Chakraborty ; Hongmei Yuan ; William D. Jones
• 刊名：ACS Catalysis
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：November 6, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：5
• 期：11
• 页码：6350-6354
• 全文大小：343K
• ISSN：2155-5435

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Acceptorless, reversible dehydrogenation and hydrogenation reactions involving N-heterocycles are reported with a well-defined cobalt complex supported by an aminobis(phosphine) [PN(H)P] pincer ligand. Several N-heterocycle substrates have been evaluated under dehydrogenation and hydrogenation conditions. The cobalt-catalyzed amine dehydrogenation step, a key step in the dehydrogenation process, has been independently verified. Control studies with related cycloalkanes suggest that a direct acceptorless alkane dehydrogenation pathway is unlikely. The metal鈥搇igand cooperativity is probed with the related [PN(Me)P] derivative of the cobalt catalyst. These results suggest a bifunctional dehydrogenation pathway and a nonbifunctional hydrogenation mechanism.