Abstract
Hydrogenation of esters under mild conditions was achieved using air-stable ruthenium PN3-pincer complexes containing an aminophosphine arm. High efficiency was achieved even in the presence of water. DFT studies suggest a bimolecular proton shuttle mechanism which allows H2 to be activated by the relatively stable catalyst with a reasonably low transition state barrier. © 2014 American Chemical Society.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 4152-4155 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Organometallics |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 15 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 31 2014 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Organic Chemistry
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry
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CCDC 1019132: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination : carbonyl-chloro-(P,P-di-t-butyl-N-(6-(4,5-dihydro-1,3-oxazol-2-yl)pyridin-2-yl)phosphinous amide)-hydrido-ruthenium
Chen, T. (Creator), Li, H. (Creator), Qu, S. (Creator), Zheng, B. (Creator), He, L. (Creator), Lai, Z. (Creator), Wang, Z.-X. (Creator) & Huang, K.-W. (Creator), Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, Aug 12 2014
DOI: 10.5517/cc136h71, http://hdl.handle.net/10754/624358
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