@article { ISI:000252252400015,
	title = {Highly chemoselective catalytic system for hydrogenation of diketones to ketols: an environmentally benevolent system},
	journal = {Catalysis Letters},
	volume = {120},
	number = {3-4},
	year = {2008},
	month = {JAN},
	pages = {257-260},
	publisher = {SPRINGER},
	type = {Article},
	address = {233 SPRING STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA},
	abstract = {<p>Ru(Phen)(2)Cl-2 [Phen = Phenanthroline] anchored in organo-functionalized MCM-41 [Ru(Phen)(2)Cl-NH-MCM-41] efficiently catalyzes highly chemoselective hydrogenation of diketones to ketols (Sel. similar to 99\%) under environmentally benign tri-phasic (solid-liquid-liquid) reaction condition in aqueous medium.</p>},
	keywords = {Chemoselective, dione, Hydrogenation, ketol, ruthenium phenanthroline, Water},
	issn = {1011-372X},
	doi = {10.1007/s10562-007-9278-3},
	author = {Deshmukh, Amit A. and Kinage, Anil K. and Kumar, Rajiv}
}
@article { ISI:000285772600015,
	title = {Heterogenized Ru(II) phenanthroline complex for chemoselective hydrogenation of diketones under biphasic aqueous medium},
	journal = {Journal of Molecular Catalysis A-Chemical},
	volume = {333},
	number = {1-2},
	year = {2010},
	month = {DEC},
	pages = {114-120},
	publisher = {ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV},
	address = {PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS},
	abstract = {<p>The chemoselective hydrogenation of acetylacetone to 4-hydroxypentan-2-one over immobilized ruthenium phenanthroline metal complexes in amino functionalized MCM-41 in biphasic aqueous reaction medium was investigated. The catalyst was characterized by XRD, TEM, surface analysis, FT-IR and UV-vis to understand the morphology, complex geometry, and XPS such that the oxidation state of the metal complex inside the MCM-41 framework could be understood. The use of water as a solvent, not only gives high activity and selectivity for hydrogenation of acetylacetone, but also gives a path for an environmentally safer process. The optimizations of ligand, metal to ligand ratio, the choice of solvent and other reaction parameters were studied in detail. The heterogeneous catalytic system gave a higher degree of chemoselectivity (99\%) towards 4-hydroxypentan-2-one as compared to homogeneous catalyst when hydrogenation was carried out using water as a solvent. The immobilized ruthenium-phenanthroline complex was easily separated and reused. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {4-Hydroxypentan-2-one, acetylacetone, Chemoselective, Diketone, Hydrogenation, Phenanthroline, ruthenium, Water},
	issn = {1381-1169},
	doi = {10.1016/j.molcata.2010.10.005},
	author = {Deshmukh, Amit A. and Kinage, Anil K. and Kumar, Rajiv and Meijboom, Reinout}
}
