Synthesis and structural characterization of facile ruthenium(II) hydrazone complexes: Efficient catalysts in α-alkylation of ketones with primary alcohols via hydrogen auto transfer
successfully applied as catalysts in α -alkylation of aliphatic and aromatic ketones with alcohols via borrowing hydrogen strategy. Various parameters such as base, solvent, temperature, time and catalyst loading on the catalytic activity were analyzed. From the results, the catalyst1 was found to be the best catalyst for α-alkylation reaction to obtain excellent yield. The catalytic system has a broad