Catalysis by chlorohydridobis(triphenylphosphine)ruthenium(II) species. Novel kinetics and their implications for activation of saturated hydrocarbons
Abstract
Novel kinetics for hydrogenation of acrylamide catalysed by [{HRuCl(PPh3)2}2] in solution indicate a mechanism which includes competitive oxidative addition reactions of H2 and propionamide (C–H cleavage) to ruthenium(I) centres.