Studies on ruthenium(II)Schiff base complexes as catalysts for transfer hydrogenation reactions

摘要

Abstract The reactions of[RuHCl(CO)(B)(EPh3)2](B=EPh3 or Py;E=P or As)and Schiff bases in 1:1 molar ratio led to the formation of[RuCl(CO)(EPh3)(B)(L)](E=P or As;B=PPh3,AsPh3 or Py;L=Schiff base ligand).The new complexes have been characterized by analytical and spectroscopic(IR,electronic and ~1H NMR)data.They have been assigned an octahedral structure.The new complexes were found to catalyse the transfer hydrogenation of ketones.