Catalytic hydrogenation under H2 and transfer hydrogenation of imines by secondary alcohols with hydridoruthenium complexes bearing PMe3 and PPh3 ligands have been examined. A cationic hydridoruthenium complex, cis-[RuH(NH3)(PMe3)4]PF6 (2), derived from cis-[RuH2(PMe3)4] (1) and NH4PF6, showed higher catalytic activity for H2-hydrogenation of N-benzylideneaniline than neutral complexes such as 1 and cis-[RuClH(PMe3)4] (6). The effectiveness of cationic hydridoruthenium species for the catalytic H2-hydrogenation of benzylideneaniline was also demonstrated by a marked increase in the yield of N-benzylaniline on treatment of 6 with AgPF6. The cationic complex 2 was applicable to catalytic transfer hydrogenation of imines with secondary alcohols even in the absence of a base. Isotope labeling experiments using deuterated alcohols revealed that the hydrogen atom bound to the α-carbon of the donor alcohol was transferred exclusively to the imine carbon and alcoholic OD was transferred to the imine nitrogen. A rapid exchange between the alcoholic proton and the hydrido ligand of 2 was also confirmed by NMR investigation using (CH3)2CHOD. On the basis of the experimental results the mechanisms of the H2-hydrogenation and transfer hydrogenation are discussed.
通过带有PMe3和PPh3
配体的氢化
钌络合物,对H2催化氢化和二级醇转移氢化的
亚胺进行了研究。从cis-[RuH2(PMe3)4] (1)和NH4PF6衍生出的阳离子氢化
钌络合物cis-[RuH(NH3)(PMe3)4]PF6 (2),比中性络合物1和cis-[RuClH(PMe3)4] (6)对N-苄
亚胺的H2氢化表现出更高的催化活性。阳离子氢化
钌物种对苄
亚胺的催化H2氢化效果也可通过用AgPF6处理6得到N-
苄胺产率显著增加来证明。阳离子络合物2即使在无碱条件下,也可适用于二级醇对
亚胺的催化转移氢化。使用
氘标记醇的同位素标记实验揭示,供体醇α-碳上的氢原子完全转移至
亚胺碳,而醇的OD则转移至
亚胺氮。通过使用(
CH3)2CHOD的NMR研究还证实了2的氢配合物与醇质子之间的快速交换。根据实验结果,讨论了H2氢化和转移氢化的机理。