Loading...
research article
Minor modifications to the ligands surrounding a ruthenium complex lead to major differences in the way in which they catalyse the hydrogenation of arenes
The hydrogenation of benzene and other arenes under aqueous-organic biphasic conditions is evaluated using the ruthenium complexes Ru(eta(6)-C10H14)(pta)Cl-2 (pta=1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphaadamantane), Ru(eta(6)-C10H14)(tppts)Cl-2 (tppts=tris-3-sulfonatophenylphosphine trisodium salt) and Ru(eta(6)-C10H14)(pta)(2)Cl. The active catalysts formed during the hydrogenations correspond to a trinuclear cluster, a colloid and a mononuclear complex, respectively.
Type
research article
Authors
Publication date
2003
Published in
Volume
345
Issue
1-2
Start page
211
End page
215
Peer reviewed
REVIEWED
EPFL units
Available on Infoscience
November 9, 2005
Use this identifier to reference this record