Ruthenium N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes for Chemoselective Reduction of Imines and Reductive Amination of Aldehydes and Ketones
作者:Lakshay Kathuria、Ashoka G. Samuelson
DOI:10.1002/ejic.202000069
日期:2020.6.30
Chemoselective reduction of imines to secondary amines is catalyzed efficiently by tethered and untethered, half‐sandwich ruthenium N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes at room temperature. The untethered Ru‐NHC complexes are more efficient as catalysts for the reduction of aldimines and ketimines than the tethered complexes. Using the best untethered complex as a catalyst, electronic and steric