Benzimidazol-2-ylidene ruthenium complexes for C-N bond formation through alcohol dehydrogenation

Authors

ZAHID NAWAZ
NEVİN GÜRBÜZ
MUHAMMED NAVEED ZAFAR
NAMIK ÖZDEMİR
BEKİR ÇETİNKAYA
İSMAİL ÖZDEMİR

DOI

10.55730/1300-0527.3606

Abstract

A low temperature hydrogen borrowing approach to generate secondary amines using benzimidazole-based N-heterocyclic carbene (BNHC) ruthenium complexes is reported. A series of the piano-stool complexes of the type [(η⁶ -p-cymene)(BNHC)RuCl2 ] (1a-g) were synthesized via one-pot reaction of the NHC salt precursor, Ag2 O, and [RuCl2 (p-cymene)]2 and characterized using conventional spectroscopic techniques. The geometry of two precursors, [(η⁶ -p-cymene)(Me4BnMe2 BNHCCH2OxMe)RuCl2 ] (1f) and [(η⁶ -p-cymene)(Me5BnMe2 BNHCCH2OxMe)RuCl2 ] (1g), was studied by single crystal X-ray diffraction. These catalysts were found to dehydrogenate alcohols efficiently at temperatures as low as 50 °C to allow Schiff-base condensation and subsequent imine hydrogenation to afford secondary amines. Notably, this ruthenium-based procedure enables the N-alkylation of aromatic and heteroaromatic primary amines with a wide range of primary alcohols in excellent yields of up to 98%. The present methodology is green and water is liberated as the sole byproduct.

Keywords

Benzimidazol-2-ylidenes, ruthenium complexes, amine alkylation, C-N bond formation, mild conditions

First Page

1209

Last Page

1223

Recommended Citation

NAWAZ, ZAHID; GÜRBÜZ, NEVİN; ZAFAR, MUHAMMED NAVEED; ÖZDEMİR, NAMIK; ÇETİNKAYA, BEKİR; and ÖZDEMİR, İSMAİL (2023) "Benzimidazol-2-ylidene ruthenium complexes for C-N bond formation through alcohol dehydrogenation," Turkish Journal of Chemistry: Vol. 47: No. 5, Article 26. https://doi.org/10.55730/1300-0527.3606
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/chem/vol47/iss5/26