title: Tailor-Made Ruthenium-Triphos Catalysts for the Selective Homogeneous Hydrogenation of Lactams.
abstract: The development of a tailored tridentate ligand enabled the synthesis of a molecular ruthenium-triphos catalyst, eliminating dimerization as the major deactivation pathway. The novel catalyst design showed strongly increased performance and facilitated the hydrogenation of highly challenging lactam substrates with unprecedented activity and selectivity.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meuresch
authors.affiliation: Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Westhues
authors.affiliation: Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Leitner
authors.affiliation: Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany. jklankermayer@itmc.rwth-aachen.de.
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2143-9402
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Klankermayer
keywords: homogeneous catalysis; hydrogenation; lactams; ruthenium; triphos ligands