Role of ancillary ligands in selectivity towards acceptorless dehydrogenation versus dehydrogenative coupling of alcohols and amines catalyzed by cationic ruthenium(II)–CNC pincer complexes

Dalton Trans., 2023, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3DT03149G, Paper
Rahul Kumar Singh, Dibya Yadav, Shilpi Misra, Amrendra K. Singh
The unexpected reversal in the catalytic activity of cationic Ru(II)–CNC pincer complexes for dehydrogenative coupling compared to acceptorless dehydrogenation can be explained using the trans effect of the auxiliary ligands (CO > COD > DMSO ≈ PPh3).
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