Ligand design/fine-tuning plays a determining role in developing unprecedented catalytic transformations. We will present SNAP(O), a new series of ligands (z = 0, 1) for use in molecular catalysis.<sup>1</sup> Their complexation to ruthenium affords air-stable complexes that are efficient (pre)catalysts for practical chemoselective reductions of fluorinated esters into hemiacetals, and fatty biorenewable functionalized esters into their corresponding primary alcohols which are important high-value intermediates for agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals and perfumes.<br/>

SNAP(O) ligands and their Ru complexes for the practical chemoselective hydrogenation of bio- and oil-derived functionalized esters

255th National Meeting (2018)

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