Issue 19, 2017
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Dalton Transactions

A ruthenium(ii) bis(phosphinophosphinine) complex as a precatalyst for transfer-hydrogenation and hydrogen-borrowing reactions†

R. J. Newland,a   M. F. Wyatt,b   R. L. Wingad*c  and  S. M. Mansell ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a Institute of Chemical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
E-mail: s.mansell@hw.ac.uk
Web: http://www.mansellresearch.org.uk

b EPSRC UK National Mass Spectrometry Facility (NMSF), Swansea University Medical School, Grove Building Extn, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK

c School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, UK
E-mail: Rich.Wingad@bristol.ac.uk

Abstract

The 2-phosphinophosphinine 2-PPh2-3-Me-6-SiMe3-PC5H2 (2) has been prepared and was shown to act as a κ2-chelating ligand in cis-[RuCl2(2)2] (4). Complex 4 was a competent precatalyst for the room temperature transfer hydrogenation of acetophenone (0.1 mol% 4 and 0.5 mol% KOtBu) and the conversion of methanol/ethanol mixtures to the advanced biofuel isobutanol in 50% yield and 96% selectivity.

Graphical abstract: A ruthenium(ii) bis(phosphinophosphinine) complex as a precatalyst for transfer-hydrogenation and hydrogen-borrowing reactions

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7DT01022B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
21 Mar 2017
Accepted
07 Apr 2017
First published
07 Apr 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Dalton Trans., 2017,46, 6172-6176

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A ruthenium(II) bis(phosphinophosphinine) complex as a precatalyst for transfer-hydrogenation and hydrogen-borrowing reactions

R. J. Newland, M. F. Wyatt, R. L. Wingad and S. M. Mansell, Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 6172 DOI: 10.1039/C7DT01022B

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