We recently developed a heterogeneous palladium-catalyzed tetrahydroxydiboron-mediated transfer hydrogenation reaction that employs water as the hydrogen atom source. We have become focused on improving our depth of understanding of the mechanism of this process. In an effort to directly observe reactive intermediates in our proposed catalytic cycle, such as metal hydride species and their precursors, we have been developing a variant of the reaction that employs a homogeneous monomeric palladium catalyst. Described herein, are the preliminary results of our mechanistic interrogation.

Mechanistic evaluation of transition metal-catalyzed tetrahydroxydiboron-mediated H atom transfer from water

253rd National Meeting (2017)

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