Coordination and Catalytic Activity of Ruthenium Complexes Containing Tridentate P,N,O Ligands (Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 31/2011)

Abstract

The cover picture shows the catalytic conversion of amines or nitroarenes with alcohols into useful amino compounds by [P,N,O]‐RuII complexes in a one‐pot reaction, which is a sustainable cycle in organic synthesis. The ruthenium(II) complexes serving as catalysts in this work were prepared by complexation of RuII precursors with various [P,N,O] ligands and were characterized by spectroscopic methods and X‐ray crystallography. These investigations provided some insight into ligand effects on the metal ions. Details are discussed in the article by C.‐C. Lee et al. on p. 4801 ff.