Thiazolyl-phosphine hydrochloride salts: effective auxiliary ligands for ruthenium-catalyzed nitrile hydration reactions and related amide bond forming processes in …

R García-Álvarez, M Zablocka, P Crochet…

Index: Garcia-Alvarez, Rocio; Zablocka, Maria; Crochet, Pascale; Duhayon, Carine; Majoral, Jean-Pierre; Cadierno, Victorio Green Chemistry, 2013 , vol. 15, # 9 p. 2447 - 2456

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Abstract

A series of water-soluble N-protonated thiazolyl-phosphine hydrochloride salts have been synthesized and coordinated to the ruthenium (II) fragment [RuCl 2 (η 6-p-cymene)]. The resulting complexes were evaluated as potential catalysts for the selective hydration of nitriles to primary amides in environmentally friendly aqueous medium. The best results in terms of activity were achieved when tris (5-(2-aminothiazolyl)) phosphine trihydrochloride ...