Controlled partial transfer hydrogenation of quinolines by cobalt-amido cooperative catalysis

Controlling the partial reduction of quinolines is challenging, given the competing overreduction to tetrahydroquinolines. Here, the authors report a cobalt-amido cooperative catalyst for the selective, partial transfer hydrogenation of quinolines to 1,2-dihydroquinolines with H3N·BH3 as reductant.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Maofu Pang, Jia-Yi Chen, Shengjie Zhang, Rong-Zhen Liao, Chen-Ho Tung, Wenguang Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15118-x