Ruthenium complex-catalyzed novel transformation of alkyl formates

…, S Kajiya, S Tantayanon, Y Watanabe

Index: Kondo, Teruyuki; Kajiya, Satoshi; Tantayanon, Supawan; Watanabe, Yoshihisa Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 1995 , vol. 489, # 1-2 p. 83 - 92

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Abstract

The following ruthenium-catalyzed novel transformations of alkyl formates have been developed:(1) selective decarbonylation of alkyl formates to the corresponding alcohols;(2) alkylation of arenes and alkenes using alkyl formates as an alkylating reagent via decarboxylation. Also the ruthenium-catalyzed addition of alcohols to alkenes has been developed as an appendant reaction, providing an effective method for the protection of ...