Catalytic transfer hydrogenation of ketones catalyzed by orthometalated ruthenium(III) 2-(arylazo)phenolate complexes containing triphenylarsine

Air-stable, mononuclear orthometalated ruthenium(III) 2-(arylazo)phenolate complexes of the general composition [RuX(AsPh₃)₂(L)] (X = Cl or Br; L = CNO donor of the 2-(arylazo)phenolate ligands) have been synthesized and characterized by IR, UV-vis, and EPR as well as by elemental analysis. One of the complexes [RuBr(AsPh₃)₂(azo-OMe)] was structurally characterized by X-ray analysis and was found to be an efficient catalyst for the transfer hydrogenation of ketones with excellent conversion in the presence of isopropanol at 80 °C in 1 h.     

Synthesis, structures and spectroscopic properties of platinum complexes containing orthometalated 2-phenylpyridine

The synthesis, structure and spectroscopy of a series of luminescent orthometalated square planar platinum(II) complexes are reported. Reaction of K₂PtCl₄ with one mole equivalent of 2-phenylpyridine (ppyH) in 2-ethoxyethanol and water (1:1 ratio) resulted in the formation of chloro-bridged dimeric precursor [Pt₂(μ-Cl)₂(ppy)₂], which on further reactions with various anionic one-, two- and three-atom ancillary ligands, having O/N/S donors, yielded mono- and bi-nuclear platinum(II) complexes. Platinum(III) complexes of composition [Pt₂Cl₂(μ-Epy)₂(ppy)₂] have been isolated with pyE⁻ (E = O or S) ligands. These complexes have been characterized by elemental analysis, NMR (¹H, ³¹P, ¹⁹⁵Pt) and absorption spectroscopy. The complexes [Pt₂(μ-N^∩N)₂(ppy)₂] (N^∩N = pyrazole and 3,5-dimethylpyrazole); [Pt(S^∩S)(ppy)] (S^∩S = ethylxanthate and diisopropyldithiophosphate); [Pt₂Cl₂(μ-Epy)₂(ppy)₂] (Epy = 2-pyridinol {Opy} and 2-mercaptopyridine {Spy}) and [PtCl(ppy)(PhNC(Me)NHPh)] have been structurally characterized by X-ray crystallography.