User talk:JPBoyd

Transfer H2n

You might check Transfer hydrogenation and bifunctional catalysis. Probably some others. I think that Transfer hydrogenation and hydrogen borrowing are the same thing.--Smokefoot (talk) 18:19, 7 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi :) They are not the same, because in "borrowing hydrogen" there is no sacrificial reductant, actually there is no all-in-all reduction in "borrowing hydrogen", because the substrate is first oxidized and then reduced back. It's an activation method to do an Eschweiler-Clarke reaction with alcohols, which is totally different from transfer hydrogenation (Noyori-stuff and so on). Yet the catalysts are quite similar (first generation Noyori-catalyst looks quite the same). I think "borrowing hydrogen" is a really great concept, it deserves its own article

Thanks, I get it. Basically transfer hydrogenation and back again. --Smokefoot (talk) 01:12, 8 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi there

Could you replace "olefine" with "olefin"? That is how it is spelled in English. [1]

Also, could you upload your images at a higher resolution? That ensures that it is displayed better on screen, and when re-used. Thanks. --Rifleman 82 (talk) 21:06, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]