Preparing valuable olefins from cheap and abundant alkane resources has long been a challenging task in organic synthesis, which mainly suffers from harsh reaction conditions and narrow scopes. Homogeneous transition metals catalyzed dehydrogenation of alkanes has attracted much attention for its excellent catalytic activities under relatively milder conditions. Among them, base metal catalyzed oxidative alkane dehydrogenation has emerged as a viable strategy for olefin synthesis for its usage of cheap catalysts, compatibility with various functional groups, and low reaction temperature. In this review, we discuss recent development of base metal catalyzed alkane dehydrogenation under oxidative conditions and their application in constructing complex molecules.

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均相贱金属催化烷烃氧化脱氢

从廉价而丰富的烷烃资源中制备有价值的烯烃一直是有机合成领域的一项艰巨任务，其主要问题是反应条件苛刻、范围狭窄。均相过渡金属催化烷烃脱氢因其在相对温和的条件下优异的催化活性而备受关注。其中，贱金属催化氧化烷烃脱氢因其使用廉价的催化剂、与各种官能团的相容性和较低的反应温度而成为烯烃合成的可行策略。在这篇综述中，我们讨论了氧化条件下贱金属催化烷烃脱氢的最新进展及其在构建复杂分子中的应用。