Issue 14, 2003
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Chemical Communications

Mechanism of ruthenium-catalyzed hydrogen transfer reactions. Evidence for a stepwise transfer of CH and NH hydrogens from an amine to a (cyclopentadienone)ruthenium complex†

Alida H. Éll,a   Jeffrey B. Johnsona  and  Jan-E. Bäckvall*a  

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a Department of Organic Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Abstract

Kinetic deuterium isotope effects and racemization studies indicate that dehydrogenation of an amine by a (cyclopentadienone)ruthenium complex occurs via a slow β-hydride elimination of coordinated amine followed by a proton transfer from nitrogen to carbonyl oxygen.

Graphical abstract: Mechanism of ruthenium-catalyzed hydrogen transfer reactions. Evidence for a stepwise transfer of CH and NH hydrogens from an amine to a (cyclopentadienone)ruthenium complex

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B303258B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
25 Mar 2003
Accepted
08 Apr 2003
First published
10 Jun 2003

Chem. Commun., 2003, 1652-1653

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Mechanism of ruthenium-catalyzed hydrogen transfer reactions. Evidence for a stepwise transfer of CH and NH hydrogens from an amine to a (cyclopentadienone)ruthenium complex

A. H. Éll, J. B. Johnson and Jan-E. Bäckvall, Chem. Commun., 2003, 1652 DOI: 10.1039/B303258B

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