Chiral Arene Ruthenium Complexes: Synthesis and Catalysis

Student: Boym Mikhail

Educational Programme: Chemistry (Bachelor)

Final Grade: 10

Year of Graduation: 2024

In C-H activation reactions of arenes with directing groups, the rhodium pentamethylcyclopentadienyl complex and the ruthenium cymene complex have proven to be the most effective. Simultaneously, efforts to achieve enantioselective C-H activation have led to the development of numerous rhodium complexes with chiral cyclopentadienyl ligands. In contrast, ruthenium complexes with chiral arene ligands have rarely been used to catalyze asymmetric C-H activation, with only a few exceptions in recent publications. This study developed approaches for synthesizing two chiral ruthenium arene complexes and investigated their catalytic activity in C-H activation reactions.

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