Dialkylamino cyclopentadienyl ruthenium (ii) complex-catalyzed α-alkylation of arylacetonitriles with primary alcohols

HW Cheung, J Li, W Zheng, Z Zhou, YH Chiu…

Index: Cheung, Hung Wai; Li, Juan; Zheng, Wenxu; Zhou, Zhongyuan; Chiu, Yu Hin; Lin, Zhenyang; Lau, Chak Po Dalton Transactions, 2010 , vol. 39, # 1 p. 265 - 274

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Abstract

Aminocyclopentadienyl ruthenium complexes,[(η5-C5H4NMe2) Ru (PPh3) 2 (CH3CN)]+ BF4− and [(η5-C5H4NEt2) Ru (PPh3) 2 (CH3CN)]+ BF4−, are moderately active catalysts for α-alkylation of arylacetonitriles with primary alcohols; on the other hand, the analogous unsubstituted cyclopentadienyl ruthenium complex [(η5-C5H5) Ru (PPh3) 2 (CH3CN)]+ BF4− shows very low catalytic activity. On the basis of experimental results and theoretical ...