Supramolecular Cluster Catalysis: Benzene Hydrogenation Catalyzed by a Cationic Triruthenium Cluster under Biphasic Conditions
Georg Süss-Fink Prof. Dr.
Institut de Chimie, Université de Neuchâtel Case postale 2, 2007 Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Fax: (+41) 32-718-2511
Search for more papers by this authorMatthieu Faure
Institut de Chimie, Université de Neuchâtel Case postale 2, 2007 Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Fax: (+41) 32-718-2511
Search for more papers by this authorThomas R. Ward Prof. Dr.
Institut de Chimie, Université de Neuchâtel Case postale 2, 2007 Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Fax: (+41) 32-718-2511
Search for more papers by this authorGeorg Süss-Fink Prof. Dr.
Institut de Chimie, Université de Neuchâtel Case postale 2, 2007 Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Fax: (+41) 32-718-2511
Search for more papers by this authorMatthieu Faure
Institut de Chimie, Université de Neuchâtel Case postale 2, 2007 Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Fax: (+41) 32-718-2511
Search for more papers by this authorThomas R. Ward Prof. Dr.
Institut de Chimie, Université de Neuchâtel Case postale 2, 2007 Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Fax: (+41) 32-718-2511
Search for more papers by this authorThis work was supported by the Fonds National Suisse de la Recherche Scientifique. A genereous loan of ruthenium chloride by the Johnson Matthey Technology Centre is gratefully acknowledged.
Graphical Abstract
At the interface of homogeneous, heterogeneous, and enzymatic catalysis is the catalytic hydrogenation of benzene to give cyclohexane by the triruthenium cluster 1. Experimental evidence and molecular modeling studies strongly support a catalytic mechanism in which the aromatic substrate is hydrogenated in the hydrophobic pocket spanned by the three η6-bound arene ligands without being coordinated to a Ru center.
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