Hydrogenation/dehydrogenation of N-heterocycles catalyzed by ruthenium complexes based on multimodal proton-responsive CNN(H) pincer ligands
Práxedes Sánchez, Martín Hernández‐Juárez, Nuria Rendón, Joaquín López‐Serrano, Laura L. Santos, Eleuterio Álvarez, Margarita Paneque, Andrés Suárez
Abstract
Ru complexes based on lutidine-derived pincer CNN(H) ligands having secondary amine side donors are efficient precatalysts in the hydrogenation and dehydrogenation of N-heterocycles. Reaction of a Ru-CNN(H) complex with an excess of base produces the formation of a Ru(0) derivative, which is observed under catalytic conditions.
Topics & Concepts
Pincer movementDehydrogenationRutheniumCatalysisChemistryCombinatorial chemistryProtonMedicinal chemistryPhotochemistryOrganic chemistryPhysicsQuantum mechanicsAsymmetric Hydrogenation and CatalysisCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysisMetal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications