Ruthenium catalysis aldehydes

Ruthenium complexes B are stable in the presence of alcohols, amines, or water, even at 60 °C. Olefin metathesis can be realized even in water as solvent, either using ruthenium carbene complexes with water-soluble phosphine ligands [815], or in emulsions. These complexes are also stable in air [584]. No olefination of aldehydes, ketones, or derivatives of carboxylic acids has been observed [582]. During catalysis of olefin metathesis replacement of one phosphine ligand by an olefin can occur [598,809]. 

Murai et al. [14] found that Ru3(CO)12 shows a high catalytic activity for the intramolecular hetero-P-K-type reaction of yne-aldehydes (Eq. 4). A variety of substituents on the acetylenic moiety can be tolerated, and the application to cyclohexane-fused bicyclic systems is also feasible. Although the mechanism of this catalysis remains elusive, two pathways have been proposed as the initial step for the reaction in Eq. (4) via the oxidative cyclization of yne-aldehydes to a ruthenium center, leading to a metallacycle 3, or via the oxidative addition of an aldehyde C-H bond to ruthenium, leading to 4. 

The addition of increasing amounts of iodine promoters accelerates the hydrocarbonylation of methanol, but at the same time detioriates the hydrogenation ability of the cobalt catalysis. To obtain a high ethanol selectivity under these conditions, catalysts active for hydrogenation in the presence of iodine have to be added. Ruthenium compounds have been proved to be most suitable, as was mentioned earlier. Althou no detailed studies on the ruthenium intermediates involved are available, it is well known that aliphatic aldehydes... 

Among the most significant developments in the field of catalysis in recent years have been the discovery and elucidation of various new, and often novel, catalytic reactions of transition metal ions and coordination compounds 13, 34). Examples of such reactions are the hydrogenation of olefins catalyzed by complexes of ruthenium (36), rhodium (61), cobalt (52), platinum (3, 26, 81), and other metals the hydroformylation of olefins catalyzed by complexes of cobalt or rhodium (Oxo process) (6, 46, 62) the dimerization of ethylene (i, 23) and polymerization of dienes (15, 64, 65) catalyzed by complexes of rhodium double-bond migration in olefins catalyzed by complexes of rhodium (24,42), palladium (42), cobalt (67), platinum (3, 5, 26, 81), and other metals (27) the oxidation of olefins to aldehydes, ketones, and vinyl esters, catalyzed by palladium chloride (Wacker process) (47, 48, 49,... 

Platinum oxide-Fe or Cu-containing catalysts allow hydrogenation of furfural to furfurylalcohol". Ruthenium catalysts (Ru—C, RuOj) are successful in this specific case they have an activity well preserved through reuses. Otherwise Ru exhibits little activity in the heterogeneous hydrogenation of aromatic aldehydes. Other heterogeneous catalysis include platinized (PtC ) Raney Ni and copper chromite. 

Here catalysis involves the formation of a ruthenium vinylidene, an anti-Markovnikov addition of water (368), and cyclization of an acylmetal species onto the alkene. Although cyclization may occur via hydroacylation (Scheme 52, path A) (460-462) or the Michael addition reaction (Scheme 52, path B) (463,464), the requirement for an electron-withdrawing substiment on the alkene and the absence of aldehyde formation suggest path B to be the more likely mechanism (465,466). Trost discovered that the use of the cationic mthenium catalyst CpRu(MeCN)3+PFg is tolerant of 1,2-di-and trisubstimted alkenes and promotes cyclization of 1,6- and 1,7-enynes to five- and six-membered ring products (467). In a number of examples, the mthenium reaction is complementary to the Pd-catalyzed cyclization described above, selectively forming the 1,4-diene over the traditional 1,... 

Ruthenium complexes attract recent interest as new promising candidates for efficient, specific and environmentally benign allylation catalysts. It is noticeable that some J7 -allylruthenium(II) complexes have an ambiphilic property in catalysis involving the C-0 bond activation [52]. When allyl carboxylates or carbonates are treated with nucleophilic 1,3-dicarboxylates or electrophilic aldehyde in the presence of Ru complexes, catalytic allylations of nucleophiles or electrophiles take place [53]. In both reactions, J7 -allylruthenium complexes are assumed to be intermediates. Independent synthesis and reactions of the model compounds support this observation (Scheme 3.28). This ambiphilicity of the allylruthenium(II) may arise from the different reactivity of and rf forms in the allylic moiety [54]. 

Ligand-metal bifunctional catalysis provides an efficient method for the hydrogenation of various unsaturated organic compounds. Shvo-type [83-85] Ru-H/OH and Noyori-type [3-7] Ru-H/NH catalysts have demonstrated bifimctionality with excellent chemo- and enantioselectivities in transfer hydrogenations and hydrogenations of alkenes, aldehydes, ketones, and imines. Based on the isoelectronic analogy of H-Ru-CO and H-Re-NO units, it was anticipated that rhenium nitrosyl-based bifunctional complexes could exhibit catalytic activities comparable to the ruthenium carbonyl ones (Scheme 29) [86]. 

Under catalysis by a ruthenium complex, N-methylmorpholine 7V-oxide rapidly oxidizes most alcohols to the corresponding aldehyde or ketone in high yield at room temperature. Homoallylic alcohols are exceptional, undergoing conversion at a slow rate, if at all. Preferential oxidation of primary, secondary diols at the secondary centre leading to keto-alcohols has been achieved by treatment of the bis-trityl derivative with trityl tetrafluoroborate. ... 

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