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Supramolecular Cluster Catalysis: Benzene Hydrogenation Catalyzed by a Cationic Triruthenium Cluster under Biphasic Conditions
Author(s) -
SüssFink Georg,
Faure Matthieu,
Ward Thomas R.
Publication year - 2002
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(20020104)41:1<99::aid-anie99>3.0.co;2-e
Subject(s) - cyclohexane , catalysis , cationic polymerization , benzene , chemistry , cluster (spacecraft) , substrate (aquarium) , supramolecular chemistry , homogeneous , homogeneous catalysis , photochemistry , combinatorial chemistry , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , molecule , computer science , physics , oceanography , thermodynamics , programming language , geology
At the interface of homogeneous, heterogeneous, and enzymatic catalysis is the catalytic hydrogenation of benzene to give cyclohexane by the triruthenium cluster 1 . Experimental evidence and molecular modeling studies strongly support a catalytic mechanism in which the aromatic substrate is hydrogenated in the hydrophobic pocket spanned by the three η 6 ‐bound arene ligands without being coordinated to a Ru center.