Cluster catalysed selective transfer hydrogenation of α, β-unsaturated aldehydes

S Bhaduri, K Sharma

Index: Bhaduri, Sumit; Sharma, Krishna Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1988 , # 3 p. 173 - 174

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Abstract

Various homogeneous hydrogen-transfer reactions are known to be catalysed by tri- and tetranuclear ruthenium clusters.1 However, as for most other cluster-catalysed reactions, there is little direct evidence for the participation of cluster intermediates.* This uncertainty is accentuated by the fact that no unusual chemoselectivity, one of the possible indicators of cluster catalysis, has been reported for any of these reactions. We find that with isopropanol as the donor, ...