S. Gowrisankar, H. Neumann, A. Spannenberg
Jan 13, 2014
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Hydrogenation of a benzene ruthenium chloride dimer in the presence of novel acylphosphine (phosphomide) ligands resulted in the formation of corresponding ruthenium(II)–benzyl phosphine complexes. Here, selective reduction of the carbonyl group to a methylene unit takes place with molecular hydrogen under mild conditions in good yield. This approach provides an alternative synthesis of ruthenium phosphine complexes of benzyl and heterobenzyl phosphine ligands.