Ruthenium-Catalyzed Self-Coupling of Primary and Secondary Alcohols with the Liberation of Dihydrogen
摘要:
The dehydrogenative self-condensation of primary and secondary alcohols has been studied in the presence of RuCl2(IiPr)(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 dehydrogenative Guerbet reaction with potassium hydroxide as the additive. The transformation gave good yields of the ketone diners with a range of alkan-2-ols, whereas more substituted secondary alcohols were unreactive. The reaction proceeds by dehydrogenation to the ketone, followed by an aldol reaction and hydrogenation of the resulting enone.
Selective hydrogenation of levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone using in situ generated ruthenium nanoparticles derived from Ru–NHC complexes
作者:Boon Ying Tay、Cun Wang、Pim Huat Phua、Ludger Paul Stubbs、Han Vinh Huynh
DOI:10.1039/c5dt03366g
日期:——
Hydrogenation of levulinic acid (LA) to γ-valerolactone (GVL) was studied by using mono- and bidentate p-cymene ruthenium(II) N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes as catalyst precursors. In water, all complexes were found to be reduced in situ to form ruthenium nanoparticles (RuNPs) with a high hydrogenation activity. In organic solvents, complexes with monodentate NHC ligands also formed nanoparticles
Dehydrogenative Synthesis of Imines from Alcohols and Amines Catalyzed by a Ruthenium N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complex
作者:Agnese Maggi、Robert Madsen
DOI:10.1021/om201095m
日期:2012.1.9
A new method for the direct synthesis of imines from alcohols and amines is described where hydrogen gas is liberated. The reaction is catalyzed by the ruthenium N-heterocyclic carbene complex [RuCl2(IiPr)(p-cymene)] in the presence of the ligand DABCO and molecular sieves. The imination can be applied to a variety of primary alcohols and amines and can be combined with a subsequent addition reaction. A deuterium labeling experiment indicates that the catalytically active species is a ruthenium dihydride. The reaction is believed to proceed by initial dehydrogenation of the alcohol to the aldehyde, which stays coordinated to ruthenium. Nucleophilic attack of the amine affords the hemiaminal, which is released from ruthenium and converted into the imine.
[EN] PROCESS OF FORMING AN AMIDE<br/>[FR] PROCÉDÉ DE FORMATION D'UN AMIDE
申请人:UNIV NANYANG TECH
公开号:WO2011034506A1
公开(公告)日:2011-03-24
A process is provided for the synthesis of an amide. A primary or secondary amine and a primary alcohol, with the amine and the alcohol being either moieties of different reactants or moieties of the same molecule, are contacted in the presence of a Ruthenium (II) catalyst. The Ruthenium (II) catalyst is free of a phosphine ligand. The process is also carried out in the absence of a phosphine. Providing the Ruthenium (II) catalyst includes providing an N-heterocyclic carbene.
The synthesis of different ruthenium(II) complexes with an [Ru(NHC)4]2+ (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene) core is reported. The reaction of [(η6-C6H4MeiPr)RuCl(μ-Cl)]2 with 1 equiv. of the NHC iPr2Im in thf leads to the clean formation of [(η6-C6H4MeiPr)Ru(iPr2Im)Cl2] (1), but use of an excess of the carbene at higher temperatures affords side products such as [Ru(iPr2Im)4H]Cl (9). Complexes of the type