Tetrahedron Letters

Magnetically recoverable supported ruthenium catalyst for hydrogenation of alkynes and transfer hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds

B Baruwati, V Polshettiwar, RS Varma

Index: Baruwati, Babita; Polshettiwar, Vivek; Varma, Rajender S. Tetrahedron Letters, 2009 , vol. 50, # 11 p. 1215 - 1218

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Abstract

A ruthenium (Ru) catalyst supported on magnetic nanoparticles (NiFe2O4) has been successfully synthesized and used for hydrogenation of alkynes at room temperature as well as transfer hydrogenation of a number of carbonyl compounds under microwave irradiation conditions. The catalyst shows excellent selectivity toward the desired products with very high yield even after five repeated uses.