ChemInform Abstract: Enantioselective Hydrogenation and Transfer Hydrogenation of Bulky Ketones Catalyzed by a Ruthenium Complex of a Chiral Tridentate Ligand.

Abstract

Alcohols Q 0230Enantioselective Hydrogenation and Transfer Hydrogenation of Bulky Ketones Catalyzed by a Ruthenium Complex of a Chiral Tridentate Ligand. -The novel ruthenium complex (RTL) shows activity in both enantioselective pressure and transfer hydrogenation of ketones which do not react when established ketone hydrogenation catalysts are used. -(DIAZ-VALENZUELA, M. B.; PHILLIPS, S. D.; FRANCE, M. B.; GUNN, M. E.; CLARKE*, M. L.; Chem. Eur.

Synthesis, structural characterization, electrochemistry and catalytic transfer hydrogenation of ruthenium(II) carbonyl complexes containing tridentate benzoylhydrazone ligands

“…Among the various metal complexes employed for transfer hydrogenation reaction, ruthenium-based complexes have gained immense attention and have proven to be effective homogeneous catalysts [15,16]. Varying levels of efficiency were observed for ruthenium complexes containing cyclometallated and N-heterocyclic carbene ligands [17,18], pincer ligands [19], Schiff base ligands [20,21], tripodal ligands [22,23], arene ligands [24,25] and phosphine-or amine-based ligands [26,27] as homogeneous catalysts for this transformation.…”