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A kinetic study of the hydrogenation of hexene-1 catalyzed by a ferrocenyl-phosphine derivative of ruthenium(II)
Rodgers, Glen E.,Cullen, William R.,James, Brian R.
, p. 1314 - 1318 (2007/10/02)
The complex, dichloro(triphenylphosphine)-2-diphenylphosphinoferrocene>ruthenium(II), prepared from RuCl2(PPh3)3 by ligand displacement, catalyzes the hydrogenation of terminal olefins under mild conditions.The experimental rate-law for hydrogenation of hexene-1 in n-butanol at 40 deg C shows a first-order dependence on both olefin and hydrogen, and an inverse dependence to added triphenylphosphine.The dependence of ruthenium goes from first-tohalf-order with increasing metal concentration.The kinetic data, together with spectroscopic data, and studies on reactivity of the complex toward hydrogen, are interpreted in terms of catalysis via a ruthenium(I) complex that dissociates a phosphine ligand to generate the active species.
