Issue 13, 2002
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Chemical Communications

Stable N-functionalised ‘pincer’ bis carbeneligands and their ruthenium complexes; synthesis and catalytic studies

Andreas A. Danopoulos,*a   Scott Winstona  and  William B. Motherwellb  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, UK
E-mail: ad1@soton.ac.uk
Fax: +44(0)2380596805

b Christopher Ingold Laboratories, University College London, 20 Gordon Str, London, UK

Abstract

Deprotonation of 2,6-bis(arylimidazolium)pyridine dibromide with KN(SiMe3)2 gave thermally stable 2,6-bis(arylimidazol-2-ylidene)pyridine, which was further used to prepare ruthenium ‘pincer’ complexes; the latter show catalytic activity in transfer hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds.

Graphical abstract: Stable N-functionalised ‘pincer’ bis carbene ligands and their ruthenium complexes; synthesis and catalytic studies

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B202814J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
20 Mar 2002
Accepted
13 May 2002
First published
23 May 2002

Chem. Commun., 2002, 1376-1377

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Stable N-functionalised ‘pincer’ bis carbene ligands and their ruthenium complexes; synthesis and catalytic studies

A. A. Danopoulos, S. Winston and W. B. Motherwell, Chem. Commun., 2002, 1376 DOI: 10.1039/B202814J

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