Reduction of nitriles to amines with H2 catalyzed by nonclassical ruthenium hydrides - Water-promoted selectivity for primary amines and mechanistic investigations

European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 22, 2011, Pages 3381-3386

  Gunanathan, Chidambaram ^a   Hölscher, Markus ^a   Leitner, Walter ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amines; Hydrogenation; Pincer complexes; Reduction; Ruthenium

Indexed keywords

AMINES; CYANIDES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; HYDRIDES; LIGANDS; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

% REDUCTIONS; AROMATIC NITRILES; CATALYTIC CYCLES; CATALYTIC HYDROGENATION; DFT CALCULATION; MECHANISTICS; PINCER COMPLEXES; PINCER LIGANDS; PRIMARY AMINES; RUTHENIUM HYDRIDE COMPLEX;

HYDROGENATION;

EID: 79960899285     PISSN: 14341948     EISSN: 10990682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201100392     Document Type: Article

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