Cobalt-catalyzed ammonia borane dehydrocoupling and transfer hydrogenation under aerobic conditions

Justin K Pagano; John P W Stelmach; Rory Waterman

doi:10.1039/c5dt00108k

Cobalt-catalyzed ammonia borane dehydrocoupling and transfer hydrogenation under aerobic conditions

Dalton Trans. 2015 Jul 21;44(27):12074-7. doi: 10.1039/c5dt00108k.

Authors

Justin K Pagano¹, John P W Stelmach, Rory Waterman

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Vermont, Cook Physical Sciences Building, Burlington, VT 05405-0125, USA. rory.waterman@uvm.edu.

PMID: 25739524
DOI: 10.1039/c5dt00108k

Abstract

Two cobalt compounds, Cp*Co(CO)I2 (1) and CpCo(CO)I2 (2) (Cp* = η(5)-C5Me5, Cp = η(5)-C5H5), catalyze the dehydrogenation of ammonia borane under either anaerobic or aerobic conditions and are also effective hydrogenation catalysts for alkenes and alkynes using ammonia borane as a hydrogen source, also in the presence of air.