| Abstract
| - The stereochemistry of hydrogen transfer from [2,5-Ph2-3,4-Tol2(η5-C4COD)]Ru(CO)2D to N-arylimines to give amine complexes was shown to be mostly trans stereospecific. Stereospecific hydrogentransfer is proposed to generate an amine and a coordinatively unsaturated ruthenium intermediate inclose proximity. Coordination of the amine is proposed to occur faster than lone pair inversion of the amine.In contrast, hydrogen transfer to N-alkyl imines is stereorandom. It is proposed that stereochemistry is lostin part due to the reversibility of the hydrogen transfer being faster than amine coordination.
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