Pyridine-2,6-bis(thioether) (SNS) Complexes of Ruthenium as Catalysts for Transfer Hydrogenation

Michael J. Page; Jörg Wagler; Barbara A. Messerle

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Pyridine-2,6-bis(thioether) (SNS) Complexes of Ruthenium as Catalysts for Transfer Hydrogenation

Michael J. Page, Jörg Wagler, Barbara A. Messerle

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Coordination of the pincer ligand 2,6-bis(tert-butylthiomethyl)pyridine (SNS^tBu) to Ru(PPh₃)₃Cl₂ and Ru(MeCN)₄Cl₂ led to the isolation of the complexes Ru(SNS^tBu)Cl₂(PPh₃) (1) and Ru(SNS ^tBu)Cl₂(MeCN) (4), respectively. Substitution of one chloride ligand from 1 and 4 with acetonitrile proved facile via salt metathesis with NaBPh₄ to yield [Ru(SNS^tBu)Cl(MeCN)(PPh ₃)]BPh₄ (2) and [Ru(SNS^tBu)Cl(MeCN) ₂]BPh₄ (5). Reaction of 1 with an excess of AgBF ₄ in acetonitrile afforded the dicationic complex [Ru(SNS ^tBu)(MeCN)₂(PPh₃)](BF₄)₂ (3); however reaction of 4 under analogous conditions afforded the unusual silver-bridged dimer [Ru(SNS^tBu)(MeCN)₂Cl] ₂[μ-Ag(MeCN)₂]₂(BF₄)₄ (6), which retained the second chloride ligand on ruthenium. The less sterically encumbered compounds 5 and 6 were shown to have fluxional conformational arrangements associated with an inversion of the tetrahedrally hybridized thioether centers. Compounds 1-4 were also investigated as catalysts for the transfer hydrogenation of acetophenone. Steric congestion within these complexes was found to negatively impact on catalyst activity, with the less sterically encumbered complexes yielding the highest activity. In the case of 4 an extremely high turnover frequency of ca. 87?000 h^-1 was achieved for this reaction.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3790-3798
Number of pages	9
Journal	Organometallics
Volume	29
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/om1005319
Publication status	Published - 13 Sept 2010

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Pyridine-2,6-bis(thioether) (SNS) Complexes of Ruthenium as Catalysts for Transfer Hydrogenation

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