@article{387d71c3f37c4a929f858012de64647a,
title = "Development of a Bio-Inspired Dual Catalytic System for Alkane Dehydrogenation",
abstract = "The alkene is a central functional group in organic synthesis. While myriad reliable methods exist to access this moiety from other functionalities, acceptorless dehydrogenation, or the direct synthesis of alkenes from alkanes with hydrogen gas as the sole byproduct, remains a challenging, albeit highly desirable, transformation. This essay provides an account of our recent efforts toward accessing this difficult reaction class, with particular attention paid to the diverse precedents that informed our explorations. This report highlights the benefits of maintaining a broad range of interests, and we hope that it illustrates the vast connectivity between chemical disciplines.",
keywords = "catalysis, dehydrogenation, earth-abundant element, hydrogen atom transfer, radicals",
author = "West, {Julian G.} and Sorensen, {Erik J.}",
note = "Funding Information: E. J. S. would like to thank Prof. K. C. Nicolaou for the thoughtful and supportive mentorship he received during his graduate career. Financial support was provided by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01 GM065483), Princeton University, and National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship to J. G. W. (DGE 1148900). We would like to thank Prof. R. R. Knowles at Princeton University and Prof. H. B. Gray at Caltech for useful discussions during the course of this project. Finally, we would like to thank the members of the National Science Foundation CCI Center for Selective C−H Functionalization (CHE-1205646) for inspiring our interest in C−H functionalization chemistry and useful discussions throughout our studies. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim",
year = "2017",
month = apr,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1002/ijch.201600115",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "57",
pages = "259--269",
journal = "Israel Journal of Chemistry",
issn = "0021-2148",
publisher = "Wiley-VCH Verlag",
number = "3",
}