Towards a Green Process for Bulk‐Scale Synthesis of Ethyl Acetate: Efficient Acceptorless Dehydrogenation of Ethanol

Green is a go: An efficient acceptorless dehydrogenative dimerization of ethanol to give ethyl acetate was realized (see scheme). The reaction proceeds under mild reaction conditions in the presence of a ruthenium catalyst with concomitant liberation of molecular hydrogen, which can be used as a valuable product itself. At low catalyst loading (50 ppm), high yields of ethyl acetate and excellent catalyst turnover numbers are achieved. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.