The Brookhart pincer-ligated catalyst (POCOP)IrH+ has been demonstrated to completely deoxygenate glucose to hexane(s) under remarkably mild conditions.  This presentation will describe the parameters affecting the rate of this transformation in addition to investigations detailing the mechanism and reaction pathway(s).  Complexity in the intermediates rule the day...

Iridium catalysts for the conversion of glucose to hexane

245th National Meeting (2013)

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