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SUBMITTER: Batuecas M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9311202 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Batuecas Maria M Kong Richard Y RY White Andrew J P AJP Crimmin Mark R MR
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20220316 20
Selective reactions that combine H<sub>2</sub> , CO and organic electrophiles (aldehyde, ketones, isocyanide) to form hydrogenated C<sub>3</sub> and C<sub>4</sub> carbon chains are reported. These reactions proceed by CO homologation mediated by [W(CO)<sub>6</sub> ] and an aluminum(I) reductant, followed by functionalization and hydrogenation of the chain ends. A combination of kinetics (rates, KIEs) and DFT calculations has been used to gain insight into a key step which involves hydrogenation ...[more]