Mechanistic Studies on the NNN Pincer-Ruthenium Catalysed Transformation of Ethanol to Ethyl Acetate

Key Points

• The aim is to investigate the catalytic mechanism of the NNN pincer-Ruthenium complex in transforming ethanol to ethyl acetate.
• Utilized NNN pincer-Ru complex Cy2NNN(RuCl2)(PPh3) at 0.08M concentration.
• Conducted catalytic dehydrogenative coupling reactions with ethanol.
• Employed quantitative analysis to measure the production of ethyl acetate.
• Achieved production of up to 1.32 M of ethyl acetate from ethanol.
• Demonstrated efficient catalytic activity using the pincer-Ruthenium complex.