Highly water-soluble arene-ruthenium(ii) complexes: application to catalytic isomerization of allylic alcohols in aqueous medium†
Abstract
Arene-ruthenium(II) derivatives [RuCl2(η6-C6H5OCH2CH2OH)(L)] (L = P(OMe)3 (2a), P(OEt)3 (2b), P(OiPr)3 (2c), P(OPh)3 (2d), PPh3 (2e)) have been prepared from the dimer [{RuCl(μ-Cl)(η6-C6H5OCH2CH2OH)}2] and the appropriate P-donor