Hydrogenation of esters catalyzed by ruthenium PN3-Pincer complexes containing an aminophosphine arm

Tao Chen, Huaifeng Li, Shuanglin Qu, Bin Zheng, Lipeng He, Zhiping Lai, Zhixiang Wang, Kuo-Wei Huang

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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 languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)4152-4155
Number of pages4
JournalOrganometallics
Volume33
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 31 2014

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry

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