Preparation of a series of Ru( ii ) complexes with N-heterocyclic carbeneligands for the catalytic transfer hydrogenation of aromatic ketones
Articles > Article · 2011
Authors: Nevin Gürbüz, Emine Özge Özcan, İsmail Özdemir, Bekir Çetinkaya, Onur Şahin, Orhan Büyükgüngör
Dalton Trans., International, WoS, 2011, vol 41, pp 2330-2339
DOI: 10.1039/c1dt11203a
Summary
The reaction of [RuCl(2)(p-cymene](2) with Ag-N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes yields a series of [(p-cymene)Ru(NHC)] complexes (2a-f). All synthesised compounds were characterized by elemental analysis, NMR spectroscopy and the molecular structure of 2a was determined by X-ray crystallography. All complexes have been tested as catalysts for the transfer hydrogenation of aromatic ketones, showing excellent activity in this reaction.