title: Acceptorless dehydrogenation and dehydrogenative coupling of alcohols catalysed by protic NHC ruthenium complexes.
abstract: A new family of protic NHC Ru complexes ligated with a phosphine-tethered imidazole moiety were prepared, which can act as excellent catalysts for acceptorless dehydrogenation of secondary alcohols and dehydrogenative coupling of primary and secondary alcohols, thus leading to the formation of a variety of carbonyl compounds with release of H2.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Key Laboratory of Lignocellulosic Chemistry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China. songg@bjfu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Weihong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Xue
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Shuizhong
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ling-Ping
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Guoyong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Song