01928nas a2200241   4500008004100000022001400041245009800055210006900153260000800222300001400230490000600244520110600250653003301356653001601389653001901405653001301424653002501437100002101462700003101483700002001514700002501534856012701559       2018                        eng d  a2155-543500aPhotocatalysis enabling acceptorless dehydrogenation of diaryl hydrazines at room temperature0 aPhotocatalysis enabling acceptorless dehydrogenation of diaryl h  cAUG  a7727-77330 v83 a<p>Aromatic azo compounds are privileged structural motifs, and they exhibit a myriad of pharmaceutical as well as industrial applications. Here, we report a catalytic acceptorless dehydrogenation of diarylhydrazine derivatives to access a wide variety of aryl-azo compounds with the removal of molecular hydrogen as the sole byproduct. This distinctive reactivity has been achieved under dual catalytic conditions by merging the visible-light active [Ru(bpy)(3)](2+) as the photoredox catalyst and Co(dmgH)(2)(py)Cl as the proton-reduction catalyst. The reaction proceeds smoothly under very mild and benign conditions and operates at ambient temperature. This dual catalytic approach is highly compatible with many different functional groups and has a broad substrate scope. We have also demonstrated the reversible hydrogen storage and release phenomenon on hydrazobenzene/azobenzene couple to show the utility of these compounds as hydrogen storage materials. Further diversification of azobenzene was shown by a transition metal-catalyzed azo-group-directed ortho-C-H bond functionalization.</p>10aacceptorless dehydrogenation10aAzo benzene10adual catalysis10aHydrogen10aphotoredox catalysis1 aSahoo, Manoj, K.1 aSaravanakumar, Krishnasamy1 aJaiswal, Garima1 aBalaraman, Ekambaram  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/photocatalysis-enabling-acceptorless-dehydrogenation-diaryl-hydrazines-room-temperature