Volume 39, Issue 1 pp. 121-128
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Ruthenium(II) Complexes Bearing Schiff Base Ligands for Efficient Acceptorless Dehydrogenation of Secondary Alcohols

Zhiqiang Hao

Zhiqiang Hao

Hebei Key Laboratory of Organic Functional Molecules, College of Chemistry and Material Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050024 China

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Kang Liu

Kang Liu

Hebei Key Laboratory of Organic Functional Molecules, College of Chemistry and Material Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050024 China

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Qi Feng

Qi Feng

Hebei Key Laboratory of Organic Functional Molecules, College of Chemistry and Material Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050024 China

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Qing Dong

Qing Dong

Hebei Key Laboratory of Organic Functional Molecules, College of Chemistry and Material Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050024 China

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Dongzhu Ma

Corresponding Author

Dongzhu Ma

Department of Environment and Chemical Engineering, Hebei College of Industry and Technology, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050091 China

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Zhangang Han

Zhangang Han

Hebei Key Laboratory of Organic Functional Molecules, College of Chemistry and Material Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050024 China

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Guo-Liang Lu

Guo-Liang Lu

Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142 New Zealand

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Jin Lin

Corresponding Author

Jin Lin

Hebei Key Laboratory of Organic Functional Molecules, College of Chemistry and Material Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050024 China

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First published: 02 September 2020
Citations: 17

Dedicated to the 30th Anniversary of State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry.

Abstract

Four ruthenium(II) complexes 1—4 [RN=CH-(2,4-(tBu)2C6H2O)]RuH(PPh3)2(CO) (R = C6H5, 1; R = 4-MeC6H4, 2; R = 4-ClC6H4, 3; R = 4-BrC6H4, 4) bearing Schiff base ligands were prepared by treating RuHClCO(PPh3)3 with RN=CH-(2,4-(tBu)2C6H2OH (L1—L4) in the presence of triethylamine. Their structures were fully characterized by elemental analysis, IR, NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography. These Ru(II) complexes exhibit high catalytic performance and good functional-group compatibility in the acceptorless dehydrogenation of secondary alcohols, affording the corresponding ketones in 82%—94% yields.

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