Acceptorless Alcohol Dehydrogenation: A Mechanistic Perspective

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India, Section A, physical sciences Vol. 86; no. 4; pp. 561 - 579
• Main Authors: Pandey, Pragati, Dutta, Indranil, Bera, Jitendra K.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi Springer India 01.12.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Applied and Technical Physics; Atomic; Molecular; Optical and Plasma Physics; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Quantum Physics; Review; Bifunctional catalysis; Acceptorless alcohol dehydrogenation; Metal–ligand cooperation; Bifunctional double hydrogen transfer; Dehydrogenation mechanism

Alcohols are unreactive and require strong inorganic oxidants to convert to synthetically useful carbonyl compounds. Acceptorless dehydrogenation of alcohol is a green and atom-economic alternative, which provides aldehyde (or ketone) without the use of sacrificial acceptor molecules and the side pr...