Ruthenium in Catalysis

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Autorentext
Pierre H. Dixneuf is professor of chemistry at the University of Rennes, now Emeritus Professor. He has created a team on Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis, and in 2000 he founded the Research Institute of Chemistry of Rennes. He has developed successively several processes in ruthenium catalysed reactions: transformations of alkynes, incorporation of CO2, ruthenium-vinylidenes and allenylidenes in catalysis, catalytic synthesis of heterocycles, alkene metahesis catalysts and applications, C-H bond activation including in water. He has designed many new ruthenium catalysts especially involving metal-carbene bond. He has published more than 380 papers, edited 2 books and owns 5 patents. He is a member of Institute Universitaire de France (IUF) since 2000.

Inhalt
From the contents: Hydrogenation of polar bonds catalyzed by Ruthenium-Pincer complexes.- Ruthenium-catalyzed amide-bond formation.- Hydrogen generation from alcohols and formic acid, with ruthenium catalysts including pincer-type Ru complexes.