| Literature DB >> 19216551 |
Chidambaram Gunanathan1, Linda J W Shimon, David Milstein.
Abstract
The crystallographically characterized ruthenium complex RuHCl(A-(i)Pr-PNP)(CO) (1) [A-(i)Pr-PNP = 4,5-bis-(diisopropylphosphinomethyl)acridine], which bears a nonplanar acridine moiety, catalyzes in a neutral medium the transformation of primary alcohols to the corresponding acetals with the liberation of H(2). In the presence of base, complex 1 catalyzes the dehydrogenative coupling of alcohols to form esters. Acetal formation may involve hemiacetal dehydration to form an enol ether followed by alcohol addition to the double bond.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19216551 DOI: 10.1021/ja808893g
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Chem Soc ISSN: 0002-7863 Impact factor: 15.419