Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.130, No.22, 6916-6916, 2008
Sustainable radical reduction through catalytic hydrogen atom transfer
A system with coupled catalytic cycles is described that allows radical reduction by hydrogen atom abstraction from rhodium hydrides. These intermediates are generated from H-2 activation by Wilkinson's catalyst. Radical generation is carried out by titanocene-catalyzed electron transfer to epoxides.