A New Catalyst for the Epimerization of Secondary Alcohols: Carbon-Hydrogen Bond Activation in the Rhenium Alkoxide Complexes (η⁵-C5R5)Re(NO)(PPh3)(OCHRR’)

Authors

Isabel Saura-Llamas, The University of Utah
Charles M. Garner, The University of UtahFollow
J. A. Gladysz, The University of Utah

Abstract

The methoxide complexes (η5-C5R5)Re(NO)-(PPh3KOCH3) (R = H, Me) catalyze the title reaction (65-90 °C, C6H5R solvent); intermediate secondary alkoxide complexes undergo PPh3 dissociation and sequential epimerization at rhenium and carbon. © 1991, American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.

Publication Title

Organometallics

Recommended Citation

Saura-Llamas, I., Garner, C., & Gladysz, J. (1991). A New Catalyst for the Epimerization of Secondary Alcohols: Carbon-Hydrogen Bond Activation in the Rhenium Alkoxide Complexes (η⁵-C5R5)Re(NO)(PPh3)(OCHRR’). Organometallics, 10 (8), 2533-2535. https://doi.org/10.1021/om00054a003