Issue 10, 2012
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Catalysis Science & Technology

Direct coupling of alcohols to form esters and amides with evolution of H2 using in situ formed ruthenium catalysts

Martin H. G. Prechtl,†*ab   Kathrin Wobser,b   Nils Theyssen,b   Yehoshoa Ben-David,c   David Milsteinc  and  Walter Leitner*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Worringer Weg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany
E-mail: leitner@itmc.rwth-aachen.de
Web: www.itmc.rwth-aachen.de
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b Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim/Ruhr, Germany

c Department of Organic Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Abstract

A simple approach for the catalytic conversion of primary alcohols into their corresponding esters and amides, with evolution of H2 gas using in situ formed ruthenium PNP- and PNN-pincer catalysts, is presented. The evaluation showed conversions for the esterification with turnover numbers as high as 4300, and >400 for the amidation.

Graphical abstract: Direct coupling of alcohols to form esters and amides with evolution of H2 using in situ formed ruthenium catalysts

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CY20429K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
22 Jun 2012
Accepted
08 Jul 2012
First published
10 Jul 2012

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012,2, 2039-2042

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Direct coupling of alcohols to form esters and amides with evolution of H2 using in situ formed ruthenium catalysts

M. H. G. Prechtl, K. Wobser, N. Theyssen, Y. Ben-David, D. Milstein and W. Leitner, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2012, 2, 2039 DOI: 10.1039/C2CY20429K

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