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Chemical Communications

Development of a novel secondary phosphine oxide–ruthenium(ii) catalyst and its application for carbonyl reduction†

Xuefeng Tan,a   Weijun Zeng,a   Xiaoyong Zhang, ORCID logo a   Lung Wa Chung ORCID logo *a  and  Xumu Zhang ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, P. R. China
E-mail: xumu@whu.edu.cn, oscarchung@sustc.edu.cn

Abstract

A secondary phosphine oxide–phosphine mixed tridentate ligand and its ruthenium complex have been developed. This complex shows excellent catalytic activity for carbonyl reduction, especially for the reduction of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes. The turnover number and selectivity can reach up to 36 500 and 99%, respectively. Control experiments and DFT calculations supported an outer-sphere mechanism during the hydrogenation reaction.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CC07647A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
01 Oct 2017
Accepted
14 Dec 2017
First published
14 Dec 2017

Chem. Commun., 2018,54, 535-538

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Development of a novel secondary phosphine oxide–ruthenium(II) catalyst and its application for carbonyl reduction

X. Tan, W. Zeng, X. Zhang, L. W. Chung and X. Zhang, Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 535 DOI: 10.1039/C7CC07647A

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