ChemInform Abstract: Coordination and Catalytic Activity of Ruthenium Complexes Containing Tridentate P,N,O Ligands.

Abstract

Coordination and Catalytic Activity of Ruthenium Complexes Containing Tridentate P,N,O Ligands. -Synthesis and characterization of seven ruthenium complexes bearing PNO ligands are reported. One complex is found to be an efficient catalyst for the reductive amination of amines with alcohols. In terms of turnover frequency for this reaction, the results are comparable or better than previously reported ruthenium(II) systems. -(LEE, C.-C.; CHU, W.-Y.; LIU, Y.-H.; PENG, S.-M.; LIU*, S.-T.; Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2011, 31, 4801-4806, http://dx.