MONATSHEFTE FUR CHEMIE, cilt.138, sa.3, ss.205-209, 2007 (SCI-Expanded)
Six [RuCl2(1-alkylbenzimidazole)(p-cymene)] complexes have been prepared and the new compounds characterized by C, H, N analyses, H-1 NMR, and C-13 NMR. The reduction of ketones to alcohols via transfer hydrogenation was achieved with catalytic amounts of the complexes in the presence of t-BuOK.