Synthesis of Pincer Hydrido Ruthenium Olefin Complexes for Catalytic Alkane Dehydrogenation

Synthesis of Pincer Hydrido Ruthenium Olefin Complexes for Catalytic Alkane Dehydrogenation

Yuxuan Zhang, Huaquan Fang, Wubing Yao, Xuebing Leng, and Zheng Huang*
The State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, People’s Republic of China
Organometallics, 2016, 35 (2), pp 181–188
DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.5b00912
Publication Date (Web): January 13, 2016








A series of new hydrido Ru(II) olefin complexes supported by isopropyl-substituted pincer ligands have been synthesized and characterized. These complexes are thermally robust and active for catalytic transfer and acceptorless alkane dehydrogenation. Notably, the alkane dehydrogenation catalysts are tolerant of a number of polar functional species.