Ruthenium-Catalyzed Ionic Hydrogenation Reactions

ISBN-13: 9783639073256 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 108 str.

Hairong Guan

Opis

Homogeneous hydrogenation of C=N bonds remains a challenge to catalysis, particularly when enantioface selectivity is needed. During the past decade some progress has been made in this area; however, high enantioselectivities has been obtained only for limited classes of imines or their derivatives. There is thus a great need to develop new catalyst systems for asymmetric hydrogenation of C=N bonds. This book begins with a brief literature survey on the mechanisms of C=N hydrogenation, followed by a detailed description of ionic hydrogenation, an alternative method and new concept for hydrogenation. The main focus of the book is on the scope and mechanism of ruthenium-catalyzed ionic hydrogenation reactions. This information should be useful to industrial scientists who are seeking chemoselective and stereoselective hydrogenation processes, as well as to academic researchers who are interested in reaction mechanisms and catalyst design.

O autorze

Guan Hairong PhD (August 2005), studied organometallic chemistry under the direction of Professor Jack R. Norton at Columbia University (New York), did his postdoctoral work with Professor Charles P. Casey at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and recently joined the University of Cincinnati (Ohio) as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry.