title: Hydrogenation of amides catalyzed by a combined catalytic system of a Ru complex with a zinc salt.
abstract: Addition of catalytic amounts of zinc salts facilitated the hydrogenation of amides catalyzed by a ruthenium complex bearing 2-(diphenylphosphino)ethanamine (L1). The combined catalytic system of the ruthenium complex [RuCl2(L1)2] with a zinc salt such as Zn(OCOCF3)2 mediated hydrogenation of various amides under mild conditions to afford the corresponding primary alcohols.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, and CREST, JST, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan. mashima@chem.es.osaka-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kita
authors.forename: Takafumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Higuchi
authors.forename: Kazushi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mashima