Isolation and X-ray structure determination of Ru4(CO)12(C6H6O), a precatalyst for the transfer hydrogenation of cyclohex-1-en-2-one

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(87)80261-9

Ru4(CO)12(C6H6O) (1) and Ru3(CO)10(C6H8O) (2) have been obtained from the reaction of Ru3(CO)12 with cyclohex-1-en-2-one; 1 has been characterized by an X-ray structure determination.Both 1 and 2 have been found to be active precatalysts for the transfer hydrogenation of cyclohex-1-en-2-one.