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DOI: 10.1039/A700862G (Paper) Reference Section for: Chem. Commun., 1997, 667-668

Ruthenium catalysed hydrogenation of dimethyl oxalate to ethylene glycol

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Herman T. Teunissen and Cornelis J. Elsevier

Abstract

Dimethyl oxalate is efficiently hydrogenated to ethylene glycol under mild conditions [p(H2) 70 bar; 100 °C] using a ruthenium catalyst based on Ru(acac)3 and MeC(CH2PPh2)3.

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