Direct conversion of alcohols to acetals and H2 catalyzed by an acridine-based ruthenium pincer complex

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3146-3147

  Gunanathan, Chidambaram ^a   Shimon, Linda J W ^b   Milstein, David ^a  

^a Department of Organic Chemistry ^*  (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; ESTERS; ETHERS; RUTHENIUM;

ACETAL FORMATION; COMPLEX 1; DEHYDROGENATIVE COUPLING; DIRECT CONVERSION; DOUBLE BONDS; ENOL ETHERS; HEMIACETALS; NEUTRAL MEDIUM; PINCER COMPLEXES; PRIMARY ALCOHOLS; RUTHENIUM COMPLEXES;

RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS;

ACETAL DERIVATIVE; ACRIDINE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN; RUTHENIUM COMPLEX; ACRIDINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; RUTHENIUM;

ACETALIZATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELIMINATION REACTION; PROTON TRANSPORT; X RAY DIFFRACTION; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ACETALS; ACRIDINES; ALCOHOLS; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HYDROGEN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RUTHENIUM;

EID: 67749116257     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja808893g     Document Type: Article

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