Synthesis, structural characterization, and activity on the transfer hydrogenation reaction of dimesitylacetonate piano stool organometallic complexes of Ru(II), Rh(III), and Ir(III)

Publication date: Available online 16 April 2019Source: Journal of Molecular StructureAuthor(s): M. Fernanda Ibarra-Vázquez, José G. Alvarado-Rodríguez, Ana C. Esqueda, I. Idalia Rangel-Salas, Oracio SerranoAbstractA new small family of Ru, Rh, and Ir piano-stool complexes partially containing the bulky acacdiMes, p-Cymene and Cp* ligands was synthetized and characterized. Their catalytic activity in transfer hydrogenation reaction was tested. The turn over frequency (TOF) values for aromatic- and alkyl-ketones giving the corresponding desired alcohols were increased in two orders of magnitude by using microwave heating compared with conventional thermal method.Graphical abstractRu, Rh and Ir β-Dimesitylaceonate piano stool complexes were used as catalytic precursors on the transfer hydrogenation reaction; the microwave irradiation heating raise the TOF values in two order of magnitude comparing with the thermal conditions.
Source: Journal of Molecular Structure - Category: Molecular Biology Source Type: research