Concomitant monoreduction and hydrogenation of unsaturated cyclic imides to lactams catalyzed by ruthenium compounds

…, JL Renaud, PH Dixneuf, C Bruneau

Index: Aoun, Rimane; Renaud, Jean-Luc; Dixneuf, Pierre H.; Bruneau, Christian Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2005 , vol. 44, # 13 p. 2021 - 2023

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Abstract

Catalytic transformations of multifunctional molecules now offer access to a variety of useful intermediates. However, there are still some important unsolved problems. This is the case of the transformation of cyclic imides into lactams through selective monoreduction of one ...