Ruthenium-Catalyzed Self-Coupling of Primary and Secondary Alcohols with the Liberation of Dihydrogen

IS Makarov, R Madsen

Index: Makarov, Ilya S.; Madsen, Robert Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2013 , vol. 78, # 13 p. 6593 - 6598

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Abstract

The dehydrogenative self-condensation of primary and secondary alcohols has been studied in the presence of RuCl2 (I i Pr)(p-cymene). The conversion of primary alcohols into esters has been further optimized by using magnesium nitride as an additive, which allows the reaction to take place at a temperature and catalyst loading lower than those described previously. Secondary alcohols were dimerized into racemic ketones by a ...