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New Ruthenium Complexes Based on Tetradentate Bipyridine Ligands for Catalytic Hydrogenation of Esters
Author(s) -
Wang Fangyuan,
Tan Xuefeng,
Lv Hui,
Zhang Xumu
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chemistry – an asian journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.18
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1861-471X
pISSN - 1861-4728
DOI - 10.1002/asia.201600506
Subject(s) - ruthenium , catalysis , chemistry , bipyridine , combinatorial chemistry , noyori asymmetric hydrogenation , organic chemistry , polymer chemistry , crystal structure
New bipyridinemethanamine‐containing tetradentate ligands and their corresponding ruthenium complexes have been synthesized. The synthesized complexes performed well in the hydrogenation of a variety of esters with high efficiency (TON up to 9700) giving alcohols in good yields.