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This literature discussion is based on a paper detailing catalytic transfer hydrogenation of various unsaturated organic molecules (Organometallics, 2016, 35, 943). In this paper, two ruthenium compounds with N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands are examined as catalytic precursors for transfer hydrogenation. This LO walks students through the paper, but it does so in a slightly different order than the paper presents the material. In parcticular, the proposed catalytic mechanism appears very late in the paper, but very early in the LO.
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Upon completing this LO students should be able to
- Use the CBC method to count electrons in the ruthenium compounds in this paper
- Describe the bonding interactions in a N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligand
- Describe catalytic transfer hydrogenation and identify the reactions taking place in the proposed mechanism
- Examine a series of catalytic results and rationalize observed trends
Evaluation
This was developed after the semester in which I teach this material. I look forward to using it next fall and I hope to post some evaluation data at that point.