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Trimethylenemethane-Ruthenium(II)-Triphos Complexes as Highly Active Catalysts for Catalytic C[BOND]O Bond Cleavage Reactions of Lignin Model Compounds

  1. Thorsten vom Stein1,
  2. Tobias Weigand1,
  3. Carina Merkens2,
  4. Prof. Jürgen Klankermayer1,*,
  5. Prof. Walter Leitner1,3,*

Article first published online: 10 AUG 2012

DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201200215

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ChemCatChem

ChemCatChem

Special Issue: The World of Catalysis – A Perspective from The Netherlands

Volume 5, Issue 2, pages 439–441, February 2013

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vom Stein, T., Weigand, T., Merkens, C., Klankermayer, J. and Leitner, W. (2013), Trimethylenemethane-Ruthenium(II)-Triphos Complexes as Highly Active Catalysts for Catalytic C[BOND]O Bond Cleavage Reactions of Lignin Model Compounds. ChemCatChem, 5: 439–441. doi: 10.1002/cctc.201200215

Author Information

  1. 1

    Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie (ITMC), RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, 52074 Aachen (Germany), Fax: (+49) 241-8022177

  2. 2

    Institut für Anorganische Chemie (IAC), RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, 52074 Aachen (Germany)

  3. 3

    Max Planck Institut für Kohleforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr (Germany)

*Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie (ITMC), RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, 52074 Aachen (Germany), Fax: (+49) 241-8022177

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 30 JAN 2013
  2. Article first published online: 10 AUG 2012
  3. Manuscript Received: 5 APR 2012

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  • Excellence Initiative by the German federal and state governments

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Keywords:

  • biomass;
  • homogeneous catalysis;
  • lignin;
  • ruthenium;
  • hydrogenation
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R u ready for it yet? The reaction of [Ru(cod)(methallyl)2] with tripodal phosphine ligands of the TRIPHOS-type results in the formation of Ru-trimethylenemethane complexes. Evaluation of their catalytic properties revealed a high activity for hydrogen transfer and C[BOND]O cleavage reactions including the hydrogen-free reductive cleavage of 2-aryloxy-1-arylethanols as model compounds for lignin linkages.

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