Ruthenium Complexes for Catalytic Dehydrogenation of Hydrazine and Transfer Hydrogenation Reactions.
Mahendra Kumar AwasthiDeepika TyagiSoumyadip PatraRohit Kumar RaiShaikh M MobinSanjay Kumar SinghPublished in: Chemistry, an Asian journal (2018)
Catalytic dehydrogenation of hydrazine was achieved over iminopyridine ligated ruthenium-arene complexes, where the release of H2 gas, as confirmed by GC-TCD, from hydrazine depends on reaction temperature, base, and solvents. NMR and MS studies indicated an in situ generation of a hydrazine-coordinated ruthenium species, a key intermediate of hydrazine dehydrogenation, via a coordination-assisted activation pathway.