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Fast and Chemoselective Transfer Hydrogenation of Aldehydes Catalyzed by a Terdentate CNN Ruthenium Complex [RuCl(CNN)(dppb)]
Author(s) -
Baratta Walter,
Siega Katia,
Rigo Pierluigi
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
advanced synthesis and catalysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.541
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1615-4169
pISSN - 1615-4150
DOI - 10.1002/adsc.200700014
Subject(s) - chemistry , ruthenium , transfer hydrogenation , catalysis , potassium , potassium carbonate , base (topology) , medicinal chemistry , alcohol , propanol , organic chemistry , methanol , mathematical analysis , mathematics
Aromatic, aliphatic and α,β‐unsaturated aldehydes are quickly, quantitatively and chemoselectively reduced to primary alcohols with 2‐propanol using 0.05–0.01 mol % of the terdentate CNN ruthenium complex RuCl(CNN)(dppb) ( 1 ) [HCNN=6‐(4′‐methylphenyl)‐2‐pyridylmethylamine; dppb=Ph 2 P(CH 2 ) 4 PPh 2 ] in the presence of potassium carbonate (K 2 CO 3 ; 1–10 mol %) as a weak base, affording TOF values up to 5.0×10 5 h −1 .