A tripodal sulfur ligand for the selective ruthenium-catalysed hydrogenation of dimethyl oxalate
- 2 May 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications
- No. 21,p. 2289-2291
- https://doi.org/10.1039/b601216g
Abstract
The first example of a catalyst utilising a sulfur-based ligand [MeC(CH2SBu)3] for the selective hydrogenation of dimethyl oxalate to methyl glycolate is reported.Keywords
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