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Evidence for a ruthenium dihydride species as the active catalyst in the RuCl2(PPh3)-catalyzed hydrogen transfer reaction in the presence of base

Attila Aranyos, Gábor Csjernyik, Kálmán J. Szabó, Jan‐E. Bäckvall

Chemical Communications · 1999 · 178 citations · 19 references

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Abstract

The role of the base in RuCl2(PPh3)3-catalyzed hydrogen transfer reactions is to generate a highly active RuH2(PPh3)3 catalyst from the dichloride via two consecutive alkoxide displacement–β-elimination sequences.

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