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Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy Sciences

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An innovative strategy to produce bibenzyls from the deoxygenative homocoupling of benzyl alcohols under thea hydrogen atmosphere was developed using iron carbide catalysts. A variety of benzyl alcohols could be efficiently converted into the corresponding bibenzyls over the optimized Ir0.1/Fe0@Fe5C2 catalyst, and a three-component coupling reaction mode was also discovered when alkenes were introduced. Based on control experiments and spectroscopy studies, a reaction mechanism involving C-O bond activation over iron carbide and the formation of benzyl radical species was proposed.

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Chinese Journal of Catalysis

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