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KINETICS AND MECHANISM OF H-2-HYDROGENATION OF STYRENE CATALYZED BY [RUCL(DPPB)(MU-CL)](2) (DPPB=1,4-BIS(DIPHENYLPHOSPHINO)BUTANE) - EVIDENCE FOR HYDROGEN-TRANSFER FROM A DINUCLEAR MOLECULAR-HYDROGEN SPECIES

TitleKINETICS AND MECHANISM OF H-2-HYDROGENATION OF STYRENE CATALYZED BY [RUCL(DPPB)(MU-CL)](2) (DPPB=1,4-BIS(DIPHENYLPHOSPHINO)BUTANE) - EVIDENCE FOR HYDROGEN-TRANSFER FROM A DINUCLEAR MOLECULAR-HYDROGEN SPECIES
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1995
AuthorsJoshi, AM, Macfarlane, KS, James, BR
JournalJournal of Organometallic Chemistry
Volume488
Pagination161-167
Date PublishedFeb
Type of ArticleArticle
ISBN Number0022-328X
KeywordsASYMMETRIC HYDROGENATION, BINAP, CATALYSIS, COMPLEXES, DIHYDROGEN, dihydrogen complexes, HYDROGENATION, KINETICS, LIGANDS, phosphine, ruthenium, RUTHENIUM(II) COMPLEXES, SELECTIVE, STYRENE, UNSATURATED CARBOXYLIC-ACIDS
Abstract

Kinetic studies on the H-2-hydrogenation of styrene catalyzed by [RuCl(dppb)(mu-Cl)](2) (dppb = Ph(2)P(CH2)(4)PPh(2)) in N,N-dimethylacetamide solution, near ambient conditions have revealed a first-order dependence on Ru, and dependences on H-2 and on styrene that are first-order at lower concentrations and decrease with increasing concentration. Considered along with NMR and tensiometric data, the findings are interpreted in terms of a basic hydride route in which an initially formed, dinuclear, molecular hydrogen complex (eta(2)-H-2)Ru(dppb)(mu-Cl)(3)RuCl(dppb) transfers both hydrogens to the styrene.

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