Journal of Organometallic Chemistry

Ruthenium (II) complex catalysts bearing a pyridyl-supported pyrazolyl-imine ligand for transfer hydrogenation of ketones

M Zhao, Z Yu, S Yan, Y Li

Index: Zhao, Miao; Yu, Zhengkun; Yan, Shenggang; Li, Yang Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2009 , vol. 694, # 19 p. 3068 - 3075

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Abstract

A new class of hemilabile unsymmetrical 2-(1-arylimino)-6-(pyzazol-1-yl) pyridine ligands and their ruthenium (II) and nickel (II) NNN complexes were synthesized. The Ru (II) complex catalysts have been fully characterized and exhibited good to excellent catalytic activity in the transfer hydrogenation (TH) of ketones in refluxing 2-propanol. These results have demonstrated rare examples of active ruthenium (II) NNN complex catalysts that do ...