Rhenium Complexes of Tridentate PNP Ligands: Efficient Catalysts for the Hydrogenation of Ketones and Aldehydes
Abstract NH(CH 2 CH 2 PPh 2 ) 2 Re(CO) 2 Cl, a complex bearing diphenylphosphino groups, were prepared and demonstrated markedly superior catalytic activity in hydrogenation of ketones and aldehydes to the respective alcohols compared to its counterparts NH(CH 2 CH 2 PCy 2 ) 2 Re(CO) 2 Cl and NH(CH 2 CH 2 P i Pr 2 ) 2 Re(CO) 2 Cl. This complex proceeds the hydrogenation via a Re‐H/N‐H cooperative reaction mechanism, realizing a turnover frequency of up to 4008 h −1 and an exceptional turnover number of 51,600.
Authors
- Jing Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6357-7443)
- Hao Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7034-6498)
- Tao Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3707-1916)
- Weiyi Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6981-2611)
- Kun Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9096-4182)
- Fengjun Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6795-9230)
- Yiyu Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5651-0075)
- Xiaolong Fang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7876-958X)
- Shuting Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1890-4779)
Institutions
- Anhui Jianzhu University (CN)
- Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at Nanoscale (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ChemCatChem
- Published
- 2025-11-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202501355
- Primary Topic
- Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00