Synthesis, characterization, biological determination and catalytic evaluation of ruthenium(<scp>ii</scp>) complexes bearing benzimidazole-based NHC ligands in transfer hydrogenation catalysis
Ichraf Slimani, Ahlem Chakchouk Mtibaa, Lamjed Mansour, Lotfi Mellouli, İsmaıl Özdemır, Nevin Gürbüzd, Naceur Hamdi
Abstract
A new series of ruthenium (<sc>ii</sc>) N-heterocyclic carbene complexes has been synthesized <italic>via</italic> transmetalation. The obtained complexes were applied to transfer hydrogenation of ketone derivatives.
Topics & Concepts
ChemistryRutheniumTransmetalationTransfer hydrogenationBenzimidazoleCarbeneCatalysisKetoneCombinatorial chemistryCharacterization (materials science)Organic chemistryNanotechnologyMaterials scienceAsymmetric Hydrogenation and CatalysisN-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic ChemistryCatalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions