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(Pyridyl)benzoazole ruthenium(II) and ruthenium(III) complexes: role of heteroatom and ancillary phosphine ligand in the transfer hydrogenation of ketones.

The synthesis and structural characterization of ruthenium complexes supported by 2-(2-pyridyl)benzoazole ligands and their evaluation as catalysts in the transfer hydrogenation of ketones are reported. Reactions of 2-(2-pyridyl)benzoimidazole (L1), 2-(2-pyridyl)benzothiazole (L2) and 2-(2-pyridyl)benzoxazole (L3) with RuCl3·3H2O produced the corresponding complexes [RuCl3(L1)] (1), [RuCl3(L2)] (2) and [RuCl3(L3)] (3), respectively. Similarly, treatment of L1-L3 with RuCl2(PPh3)2 afforded the corresponding Ru(II) complexes [RuCl2(PPh3)2(L1)] (4), [RuCl2(PPh3)2(L2)] (5) and [RuCl2(PPh3)2(L3)] (6), respectively. Solid state structures of 1 and 2 confirmed the bidentate coordination mode of L1 and L2 to ruthenium. (31)P{(1)H} NMR spectroscopy revealed coordination of two PPh3 ligands trans to each other in an octahedral environment in 4-6 as confirmed by the solid state structure of 6. Complexes 1-6 produced active catalysts in the transfer hydrogenation of ketones in 2-propanol at 82 °C. Ruthenium(II) complexes 4-6, containing the PPh3 ligand, exhibited higher catalytic activities than the corresponding ruthenium(III) compounds 1-3. Complexes 1 and 4 of L1 were more active than the corresponding complexes of L2 and L3. Density functional theoretical calculations showed that dipole moments of 1-6 control their catalytic activities.

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