Ruthenium Pincer??Catalyzed Acylation of Alcohols Using Esters with Liberation of Hydrogen under Neutral Conditions

B Gnanaprakasam, Y Ben??David…

Index: Gnanaprakasam, Boopathy; Ben-David, Yehoshoa; Milstein, David Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, 2010 , vol. 352, # 18 p. 3169 - 3173

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Abstract

Abstract Acylation of secondary alcohols using non-activated esters, in particular symmetrical esters (such as ethyl acetate), is achieved under neutral conditions with the liberation of molecular hydrogen. This unprecedented, environmentally benign reaction is homogenously catalyzed by a dearomatized ruthenium pincer PNN complex.