Alkali metal dihydropyridinates : From hidden intermediates to promising well- defined catalysts?

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Mulvey, Robert and Horsley Downie, Thomas (2025) Alkali metal dihydropyridinates : From hidden intermediates to promising well- defined catalysts? CHIMIA, 79 (12). pp. 832-837. ISSN 0009-4293 (https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2025.832)

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Abstract

Often the synthesis of catalysts can be time-consuming, multistep tasks, but sometimes they can turn up fortuitously, hidden treasure finds in essence. The alkali metal dihydropyridinate complexes discussed here fit the latter scenario. First reported simply as in situ intermediates by reaction of two commercially available reagents, an alkyllithium and pyridine, a whole class of such compounds, isolated and structurally characterised are now known where M = Li, Na, K, Rb and Cs. Here, some of their recent applications in homogeneous catalysis are outlined, including dehydrocoupling of aminoboranes, hydroboration of aldehydes and ketones, dehydrocyclization of diamine boranes, and transfer hydrogenation of alkenes to alkanes.

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Mulvey, Robert ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1015-2564 and Horsley Downie, Thomas ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5027-450X;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:95309
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    16 December 2025
    Published
    19 September 2025
    Accepted
    Subjects:Science > Chemistry
    Department:Faculty of Science > Pure and Applied Chemistry
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:15 Jan 2026 15:02
    Last modified:22 Jan 2026 09:42
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/95309
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