Organometallics

MCl2 (ampy)(dppf)(M= Ru, Os): multitasking catalysts for carbonyl compound/alcohol interconversion reactions

E Putignano, G Bossi, P Rigo, W Baratta

Index: Putignano, Elisabetta; Bossi, Gianluca; Rigo, Pierluigi; Baratta, Walter Organometallics, 2012 , vol. 31, # 3 p. 1133 - 1142

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Abstract

The easily accessible complexes [MCl2 (dppf)(ampy)](M= Ru (cis-1), Os (trans-2); dppf= 1, 1′-bis (diphenylphosphino) ferrocene; ampy= 2-aminomethylpyridine) in the presence of base (NaO i Pr, KO t Bu) are efficient catalysts for several reactions involving carbonyl compounds and alcohols. The derivatives 1 and 2 catalyze the selective transfer hydrogenation of aldehydes and ketones to alcohols with 2-propanol using 0.1–0.005 mol ...