Evidence for a ruthenium dihydride species as the active catalyst in the RuCl2(PPh3)-catalyzed hydrogen transfer reaction in the presence of base

Chemical Communications

Volumn , Issue 4, 1999, Pages 351-352

  Aranyos, Attila ^a   Csjernyik, Gábor ^a   Szabó, Kálmán J ^b   Bäckvall, Jan E ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; PHOSPHORUS DERIVATIVE; RUTHENIUM CHLORIDE; RUTHENIUM DERIVATIVE; RUTHENIUM DIHYDRIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; HYDROGENATION; PROTON TRANSPORT;

EID: 0033590716     PISSN: 13597345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a809236b     Document Type: Article

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