Molecular hydrogen complexes in catalytic reactions: reactivity of neutral transition metal polyhydrides in the catalytic transfer hydrogenation of ketones

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(90)85455-8

Transition metal polyhydrides are effective catalysts for the reduction of ketones by hydrogen transfer from 2-propanol at room temperature.The difference in the reactivity between RuH4(PPh3)3 and RuH2(PPh3)4 is discussed.