Abstract
A sustainable, new synthesis of oxalamides, by acceptorless dehydrogenative coupling of ethylene glycol with amines, generating H-2, homogeneously catalyzed by a ruthenium pincer complex, is presented. The reverse hydrogenation reaction is also accomplished using the same catalyst. A plausible reaction mechanism is proposed based on stoichiometric reactions, NMR studies, X-ray crystallography as well as observation of plausible intermediates.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 7188-7193 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Chemical Science |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 27 |
| Early online date | 22 Jun 2020 |
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| Publication status | Published - 21 Jul 2020 |
Funding
This research was supported by the European Research Council (ERC AdG 692775). D. M. holds the Israel Matz Professorial Chair of Organic Chemistry. Y.-Q. Z. acknowledges the Sustainability and Energy Research Initiative (SAERI) of Weizmann Institute of Science for a research fellowship.