In the presence of the co-catalyst NaOH (2. 4 mol%), RuCl2(PPh3)3(0.1 mol%) catalyses efficient transfer hydrogenation of both aliphatic and aromatic ketones by propan-2-ol with rates up to 900 turnovers per hour at 82 °C; no hydrogenation occurs in the absence of sodium hydroxide.
R. L. Chowdhury and Jan-E. Bäckvall, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1991, 1063 DOI: 10.1039/C39910001063
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