Chemical Communications

Catalysed aerobic dehydrogenation of amines and an X-ray crystal structure of a bis (benzylamine) ruthenium (II) porphyrin species

AJ Bailey, BR James

Index: Bailey, Alan J.; James, Brian R. Chemical Communications, 1996 , # 20 p. 2343 - 2344

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Citation Number: 49

Abstract

The complex trans-[RuVI (tmp)(O) 2] 1 (tmp= dianion of 5, 10, 15, 20-tetramesitylporphyrin) catalytically dehydrogenates primary and secondary amines in the presence of air; possible reaction steps involve a disproportionation reaction that generates a RuII intermediate, as evidenced by the isolated bis (benzylamine) complex [RuII (tmp)(PhCH2NH2) 2] 2 which is characterised crystallographically.