Organometallics

Synthesis and Reactivity of 2-Aminoethanethiolato-Bridged Dinuclear Ru (hmb) Complexes (hmb= η6-hexamethylbenzene): Mechanistic Consideration on Transfer …

M Ito, A Watanabe, Y Shibata, T Ikariya

Index: Ito, Masato; Watanabe, Akira; Shibata, Yuji; Ikariya, Takao Organometallics, 2010 , vol. 29, # 20 p. 4584 - 4592

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Abstract

A series of dinuclear Ru (hmb) complexes with a bridging 2-aminoethanethiolato ligand (S− NH) have been newly prepared by controlling the stoichiometry of starting materials. Their catalytic performance in the racemization of an optically pure secondary alcohol indicated that the relative proportion of the Ru (hmb) and the S− NH unit in these catalyst precursors in addition to the amount of base as an activating agent is crucially important to generate a ...