One-Pot Catalytic Approach for the Selective Aerobic Synthesis of Imines from Alcohols and Amines Using Efficient Arene Diruthenium(II) Catalysts under Mild Conditions

Autor: Sundar Saranya, Rengan Ramesh, Jan Grzegorz Małecki
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2017:6726-6733
ISSN: 1434-193X
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201701408
Popis: A green and efficient catalytic approach for the selective synthesis of imines in air at room temperature was achieved with the aid of newly synthesised diruthenium(II) complexes [(η6-p-cymene)2Ru2Cl2(µ-L)] containing substituted 1,2-diacylhydrazine ligands. All the new complexes were fully characterised by analytical and spectroscopic techniques. The solid-state structure of a representative complex was solved by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The diruthenium(II) complexes also enable the selective aerobic oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes. The catalytic reaction operates in the presence of air as a green and cheap oxidant, and releases water as the only by-product. A plausible mechanism is proposed for the imine formation, which is believed to proceed via an aldehyde intermediate.
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