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Ruthenium Pincer‐Catalyzed Cross‐Dehydrogenative Coupling of Primary Alcohols with Secondary Alcohols under Neutral Conditions
Author(s) -
Srimani Dipankar,
Balaraman Ekambaram,
Gnanaprakasam Boopathy,
BenDavid Yehoshoa,
Milstein David
Publication year - 2012
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.201200438
Subject(s) - chemistry , pincer movement , ruthenium , catalysis , primary (astronomy) , yield (engineering) , selectivity , coupling (piping) , organic chemistry , hydrogen , coupling reaction , alcohol oxidation , combinatorial chemistry , photochemistry , polymer chemistry , mechanical engineering , physics , astronomy , engineering , materials science , metallurgy
Cross‐dehydrogenative coupling of primary alcohols with secondary alcohols to obtain mixed esters with the liberation of molecular hydrogen is achieved in high yield and good selectivity under neutral conditions, using a bipyridyl‐based PNN ruthenium(II) pincer catalyst.