Reduction Reactions with NHC-bearing Complexes
Book chapter > Chapter Other Book · 2010
Authors: Bekir Çetinkaya
N-Heterocyclic Carbenes, Chapter Other Book, Royal Society of Chemistry, B, International, 2010, pp 366-398, ,
DOI: 10.1039/9781849732161-00366
Summary
This Chapter summaries the studies conducted on the reduction of multiple-bonded organic compounds in the presence of NHC–metal complexes as homogeneous catalysts. The following reactions have been examined: hydrogenation, transfer hydrogenation, hydrosilylation and hydroboration. Reports of the application of hydrosilylation and hydroboration in the synthesis of complex organic molecules and via subsequent cleavage of Si−C or B−C bonds are also discussed.