Hydrogen transfer from dioxane to an olefin catalyzed by chlorotris(triphenylphosphine)rhodium(I)

A ruthenium-catalyzed one-pot method for α-alkylation of ketones with aldehydes

“…It is known that dioxane has been used as a hydrogen donor in transition metal-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation [12].…”

Transfer Hydrogenation Including the Meerwein‐Ponndorf‐Verley Reduction

“…Cyclic ethers such as [1,4]dioxane (39) and 2,3-dihydrofuran are known to donate a pair of hydrogen atoms to this type of compound. 2,3-Dihydro- [1,4]dioxine (41), the product of dioxane (39), is not able to donate another pair of hydrogen atoms [46,60,73,74]. These heterocyclic compounds are in general also very good solvents for both the catalyst and the substrates.…”

Transfer hydrogenation of ketones to alkanes using tributylamine under heterogeneous Pd/C catalysis

“…In fact, dioxane has been used as a hydrogen donor in transition metal-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation of olefins, aldehydes and ketones. [9,12,[19][20][21][22] After the reaction conditions had been established, various ketones (1a-m) were subjected to the reaction with 2 under Pd/C catalysis in order to investigate the reaction scope. Several representative results are summarized in Table 2.…”