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Dehydrogenative Dimerization of Tin Hydrides Catalyzed by Ruthenium–Allenylidene Complexes
Author(s) -
Maddock Susan M.,
Finn M. G.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3773(20010601)40:11<2138::aid-anie2138>3.0.co;2-6
Subject(s) - ruthenium , tin , catalysis , chemistry , photochemistry , organic chemistry
Conjuring with conjugation : catalysis by ruthenium–allenylidene complexes has been observed for the conversion of tin hydrides into distannanes and dihydrogen (see scheme). Alkyne or alkene groups (R) in conjugation with an aromatic ring are required for catalytic activity, providing an unusual example of control of metal‐centered reactivity by a remote substituent.