@article {42727,
	title = {Direct hydrogenation of amides to alcohols and amines under mild conditions},
	journal = {Journal of the American Chemical Society},
	volume = {132},
	year = {2010},
	month = {NOV},
	pages = {16756{\textendash}16758},
	abstract = {<p>The selective, direct hydrogenation of amides to the corresponding alcohols and amines with cleavage of the C-N bond was discovered. The expected products of C-O cleavage are not formed (except as traces in the case of anilides). The reaction proceeds under mild pressure and neutral, homogeneous conditions using a dearomatized, bipyridyl-based PNN Ru(II) pincer complex as a catalyst. The postulated mechanism involves metal-ligand cooperation by aromatization-dearomatization of the heteroaromatic pincer core and does not involve hydrolytic cleavage of the amide. The simplicity, generality, and efficiency of this environmentally benign process make it attractive for the direct transformations of amides to alcohols and amines in good to excellent yields.</p>},
	doi = {10.1021/ja1080019},
	author = {Balaraman, Ekambaram and Gnanaprakasam, Boopathy and Shimon, Linda J. W. and Milstein, David}
}
@article { ISI:000347717000009,
	title = {Direct synthesis of secondary amines from alcohols and ammonia catalyzed by a ruthenium pincer complex},
	journal = {Catalysis Letters},
	volume = {145},
	number = {1},
	year = {2015},
	month = {JAN},
	pages = {139-144},
	publisher = {SPRINGER},
	address = {233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA},
	abstract = {<p>Efficient and selective direct synthesis of secondary amines from primary alcohols and ammonia with liberation of water has been achieved, with high turnover numbers and with no generation of waste. In case of benzylic alcohols, imines rather than amines are obtained. This atom economical, environmentally benign reaction is homogenously catalyzed by a well-defined bipyridine based Ru(II)-PNN pincer complex.</p>},
	keywords = {Alcohol, Ammonia, Homogenous catalysis, Ru-pincer complex, Secondary amine},
	issn = {1011-372X},
	doi = {10.1007/s10562-014-1422-2},
	author = {Balaraman, Ekambaram and Srimani, Dipankar and Diskin-Posner, Yael and Milstein, David}
}
