%0 Journal Article %J Chemical Communications %D 2012 %T Efficient hydrogenation of biomass derived cyclic di-esters to 1,2-diols %A Balaraman, Ekambaram %A Fogler, Eran %A Milstein, David %X
The unprecedented homogeneous hydrogenation of cyclic di-esters, in particular biomass-derived glycolide and lactide, to the corresponding 1,2-diols is catalyzed by Ru(II) PNN (1) and Ru(II) CNN (2) pincer complexes under mild hydrogen pressure and (in the case of 1) neutral conditions. No racemization was observed when a chiral di-ester was used.
%B Chemical Communications %V 48 %P 1111-1113 %8 OCT %G eng %N 8 %2Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) - India
%3 Foreign %4 6.378 %R 10.1039/C1CC15778G