Chemistry - An Asian Journal, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Nov. 12, 2024
Abstract Herein we report chemoselective transfer hydrogenation (TH) of aldehydes in aqueous medium using a series homobimetallic Ru(II) catalysts. Two complexes ( Ru1 and Ru3 ) one monometallic complex Ru2 have been employed the catalytic reduction aldehydes. Bimetallic [( p ‐cymene) 2 (RuCl) L 3 ] is obtained from reaction Schiff base ligand 2,2′‐((1E,1′E)‐((3,3′,5,5′‐tetraisopropyl‐[1,1′‐biphenyl]‐4,4′diyl)bis(azaneylylidene))bis(methaneylylidene))bis(4‐bromophenol) H characterized by various spectroscopic analytical techniques. The use formic acid/formate buffer as hydride source catalyst loading 0.01 mol % or resulted conversion to corresponding alcohols good excellent yield. This method very efficient for selective presence other reducible functional groups. A 0.0001 sufficient achieve turnover frequency (TOF) 5.5×10 5 h −1 . Furthermore, can recycled reused six consecutives cycles without sacrificing efficiency. comparison results between bimetallic offers valuable insights into distinct reactivity patterns complexes, presumably originating cooperative effect. To understand detailed mechanism, explored mechanistic pathway DFT methods on reported catalysts models which indicate that addition aldehyde rate‐limiting cooperativity boost efficiency case dinuclear catalyst. pH dependent TH mechanism has investigated with aid NMR ESI‐MS
Language: Английский