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Ruthenium-Catalyzed Synthesis of β-Hydroxyamides from β-Ketonitriles in Water
González-Fernández, Rebeca,Crochet, Pascale,Cadierno, Victorio
, p. 6164 - 6167 (2016)
An unprecedented hydration/transfer hydrogenation tandem process for the catalytic conversion of β-ketonitriles into synthetically useful β-hydroxyamides in water has been developed, making use of the ruthenium(II) complex [RuCl2(η6-
Synthesis of β-hydroxyamides through ruthenium-catalyzed hydration/transfer hydrogenation of β-ketonitriles in water: Scope and limitations
González-Fernández, Rebeca,Crochet, Pascale,Cadierno, Victorio
, p. 90 - 101 (2019/06/18)
A cascade process for the straightforward one-pot conversion of β-ketonitriles into β-hydroxyamides is presented. The process, that proceeds in water employing the arene-ruthenium(II) complex [RuCl2(η6-p-cymene){P(4-C6H4F)2Cl}] as catalyst in combination with sodium formate, involves the initial hydration of the β-ketonitrile substrates to generate the corresponding β-ketoamide intermediates, which subsequently undergo the transfer hydrogenation (TH) of the carbonyl group. Employing a family of forty different β-ketonitriles, featuring diverse substitution patterns, the scope and limitations of the process have been established.
