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ACS CATALYSIS
Volume 7, Issue 5, Pages 3735-3740Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b00623
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cobalt; hydrogenation; esters; alcohols; catalysis
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- U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences [DE-FG02-86ER13569]
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) [DE-FG02-86ER13569] Funding Source: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
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Here, we report an additive-free catalytic system for hydrogenation of carboxylic acid esters to alcohols with a well-defined cobalt pincer catalyst precursor. Various substrates, including methyl, ethyl, and benzyl esters, have been evaluated under hydrogenation conditions; however, methyl esters have low reactivity compared to those of the corresponding ethyl and benzyl esters. The biomass-derived gamma-valerolactone successfully formed 1,4-pentanediol with a turnover number of 3890 with this system. Metal ligand cooperativity is probed with the related [PN(Me)P] derivative of the cobalt catalyst, and the results suggest a nonbifunctional hydrogenation mechanism.
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