196506-19-1Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Electronic and bite angle effects in catalytic C-O bond cleavage of a lignin model compound using ruthenium Xantphos complexes
Shaw, Luke,Somisara, D. M. Upulani K.,How, Rebecca C.,Westwood, Nicholas J.,Bruijnincx, Pieter C. A.,Weckhuysen, Bert M.,Kamer, Paul C. J.
, p. 619 - 626 (2017)
Bite angle and electronic effects on the ruthenium-diphosphine catalysed ether bond cleavage of the lignin β-O-4 model compound 2-phenoxy-1-phenylethanol were tested. Enhanced conversion of the substrate was observed with increasing σ-donor capacity of the ligands. Kinetic and thermodynamic data suggest oxidative addition of the dehydrogenated model compound to the diphosphine Ru(0) complex to be rate-limiting.
