Hydrogen atom donors: recent developments

ISSN
0340-1022
Date Issued
2012
Author(s)
Gansäuer, Andreas
Shi, Lei
Huth, Inga
Rosales, Antonio
Sancho-Sanz, Iris
Padial, Natalia M.
Oltra, J. Enrique
DOI
10.1007/128_2011_124
Abstract
This review highlights recent developments in the field of hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) reagents that circumvent the disadvantages of classical group 14 reagents, such as Bu₃SnH. Special emphasis is laid on the lowering of bond dissociation energies (BDEs) of molecules that could, as yet, not be used as HAT reagents and on the use of organometallic HAT reagents.