Journal of Organometallic Chemistry

Ruthenium-catalyzed reduction of N-alkoxy-and N-hydroxyamides

H Fukuzawa, Y Ura, Y Kataoka

Index: Fukuzawa, Hiroko; Ura, Yasuyuki; Kataoka, Yasutaka Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2011 , vol. 696, # 23 p. 3643 - 3648

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Abstract

A ruthenium-catalyzed reduction of N-alkoxy-and N-hydroxyamides was found to afford corresponding amides in good to high yields. A simple RuCl3/Zn–Cu/alcohol system, without the addition of any other ligands, exhibited a high catalytic activity, and therefore the present reaction does not require a stoichiometric amount of metals or metal complexes as reductants. When β-substituted-α, β-unsaturated N-methoxyamides were employed as ...