Issue 12, 2026
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Chemical Communications

Mechanistic studies on the NNN pincer–ruthenium catalysed transformation of ethanol to ethyl acetate

Vikas,†a   Vinay Arora,†a   Sunil Dholeb  and  Akshai Kumar ORCID logo *ac  

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a Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam, India
E-mail: akshaikumar@iitg.ac.in

b ChemDist Group of Companies, Plot No 144 A, Sector 7, PCNTDA Bhosari, Pune – 411026, Maharashtra, India

c Centre for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam, India

Abstract

Mechanistic studies on the pincer-Ru (Cy2NNN)RuCl2PPh3 catalysed dehydrogenative coupling of ethanol to ethyl acetate involving an inner sphere, metal-centred mechanism, suggest alcoholysis as the rate-limiting step, with a barrier of 21.3 kcal mol−1.

Graphical abstract: Mechanistic studies on the NNN pincer–ruthenium catalysed transformation of ethanol to ethyl acetate

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC06881A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
02 Dec 2025
Accepted
19 Jan 2026
First published
19 Jan 2026

Chem. Commun., 2026,62, 3802-3806

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Mechanistic studies on the NNN pincer–ruthenium catalysed transformation of ethanol to ethyl acetate

Vikas, V. Arora, S. Dhole and A. Kumar, Chem. Commun., 2026, 62, 3802 DOI: 10.1039/D5CC06881A

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