Alkali metal cations are indispensible cocatalysts for the high activity of RuII complexes with phosphane and amine ligands in the catalytic hydrogenation of ketones. The proposed mechanism (see scheme) is based on structural evidence as well as on the hydrogen-cleaving activity of other RuII complexes.
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Hartmann et al. (2001) studied this question.