@article {42707,
	title = {Novel ruthenium complexes and their uses in processes for formation and/or hydrogenation of esters, amides and derivatives thereof},
	number = {US 14/702,641},
	year = {2012},
	month = {OCT},
	chapter = {US20150284417 A1},
	abstract = {<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: 21.3333px;">The present invention relates to novel Ruthenium complexes and related borohydride complexes, and their use for (1) hydrogenation of amides (including polyamides) to alcohols and amines; (2) preparing amides from alcohols with amines (including preparing polyamides (e.g., polypeptides) by reacting dialcohols and diamines or by polymerization of amino alcohols); (3) hydrogenation of esters to alcohols (including hydrogenation of cyclic esters (lactones), cyclic di-esters (di-lactones) or polyesters); (4) hydrogenation of organic carbonates (including polycarbonates) to alcohols and of carbamates (including polycarbamates) or urea derivatives to alcohols and amines; (5) dehydrogenative coupling of alcohols to esters; (6) hydrogenation of secondary alcohols to ketones; (7) amidation of esters (synthesis of amides from esters and amines); (8) acylation of alcohols using esters; (9) coupling of alcohols with water to form carboxylic acids; and (10) dehydrogenation of beta-amino alcohols to form pyrazines. The present invention further relates to novel uses of certain pyridine Ruthenium complexes.</span></p>},
	author = {Milstein, David and Balaraman, Ekambaram and Gunanathan, Chidambaram and Gnanaprakasam, Boopathy and Zhang, Jing}
}
