One-pot β-alkylation of secondary alcohols with primary alcohols catalyzed by ruthenacycles

X Chang, LW Chuan, L Yongxin, SA Pullarkat

Index: Chang, Xu; Chuan, Low Wei; Yongxin, Li; Pullarkat, Sumod A. Tetrahedron Letters, 2012 , vol. 53, # 12 p. 1450 - 1455

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Abstract

A ruthenacycle-catalyzed one-pot β-alkylation of secondary alcohols with primary alcohols is described. A survey of four C–N chelate ruthenacycles synthesized via the cyclometallation reaction of phenylmethanamine, N-methylphenylmethanamine, N, N- dimethylphenylmethanamine, and naphthalen-1-ylmethanamine with [(η6-C6H6) RuCl2] 2 was undertaken. All four complexes were found to be active with the phenylmethanamine- ...