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Reduction of ketones by dihydrogen or hydrogen transfer catalysed by a ruthenium complex of the hydridotris (3,5-dimethyl)pyrazolyl borate ligand

✍ Scribed by Consuelo Vicente; Georgyi B. Shul'pin; Beatriz Moreno; Sylviane Sabo-Etienne; Bruno Chaudret

Book ID: 103997479
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1995
Tongue: English
Weight: 359 KB
Volume: 98
Category: Article
ISSN: 1381-1169
DOI: 10.1016/1381-1169(95)00045-3

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✦ Synopsis

The hydride complexes Tp*RuH(H,),

(1) and Tp*RuH(COD)

(2) (Tp* = hydridotris(3,5dimethyl)pyrazolyl borate) show good catalytic activity for the reduction of unactivated ketones either by dihydrogen or by hydrogen transfer from alcohols in basic media.