Hydrogenation is one of the most fundamental transformations in organic synthesis, and its
industrial applications span from fine chemicals to pharmaceuticals synthesis. 1− 3 Direct …

We highlight recent developments of catalytic transfer hydrogenation of ketones promoted
by transition metals, while placing it within its historical context. Since optically active …

Abstract Two ionic liquids (3-(3‑chloro-2-hydroxypropyl)-1-vinyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium chloride
and 3-(3‑chloro-2-hydroxypropyl)-1‑butyl‑1H-imidazol-3-ium chloride) were prepared from …

Five electron-rich Nsingle bond N′− pyridylimine ligands, which form five-membered
chelate ring when coordinate to a metal center, have been synthesized by the easily …

Mononuclear transition metal complexes based on ionic liquid have been prepared and
characterized in detail. The biological properties of the three complexes were evaluated …

Since the obtained chiral alcohols are rather useful as well as biologically active
compounds, reduction of ketones to their respective alcohols is a crucial topic in synthetic …

We report two phosphinite ligands derived from chiral amino alcohols, and their complexes
with ruthenium (II). These compounds were characterized by spectroscopic methods. Then …

Synthesis of two phosphinite ligands based on β-amino alcohols, in high yields has been
demonstrated. When we treated [Ru (arene)(μ-Cl) Cl] 2 {arene: p-cymene, benzene} with …

Two Ru (II) complexes were synthesized by reaction of phosphinite-functionalized
imidazolium salts [(Ph 2 PO) C 7 H 11 N 2 Cl] Cl (1) and [(Cy 2 PO) C 7 H 11 N 2 Cl] Cl (2) …

Hydrogen transfer reduction methods are attracting increasing interest from synthetic
chemists in view of their operational simplicity. Thus, interaction of [Rh (μ-Cl)(cod)] 2 and Ir …