Dinuclear <i>p</i> -cymene ruthenium hydrido complexes as active catalysts for the hydrogenation of levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone with formic acid as the hydrogen source
The utilisation of mono- and bidentate <i>p</i>-cymene Ru<sup>II</sup>-NHC complexes as pre-catalysts, along with formic acid as the hydrogen source, facilitates the formation of active diruthenium intermediates featuring bridging chlorido and/or hydrido ligands, which play a key role in the conversion of levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone.
Authors
- Shashikant U. Dighe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3482-502X)
- Sandeep Suryabhan Gholap (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2080-1510)
- Han Vinh Huynh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4460-6066)
- Boon Ying Tay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2596-8233)
- Ludger P. Stubbs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1162-1000)
- Davin Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9755-3765)
- Cun Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0596-9219)
Institutions
- Agency for Science, Technology and Research (SG)
- National University of Singapore (SG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Dalton Transactions
- Published
- 2025-12-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d5dt02040a
- Primary Topic
- Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00