Yigit, BeyhanKaraca, Emine OzgeYigit, MuratGurbuz, NevinArslan, HakanOzdemir, Ismail2024-08-042024-08-0420200277-5387https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2019.114234https://hdl.handle.net/11616/99060A series of new ruthenium(II) complexes bearing N-heterocyclic carbene ligands with benzylic groups were prepared by transmetallation reactions between silver(I) N-heterocyclic carbene complexes and [RuCl2(P-cymene)](2). All of the obtained complexes were characterized by FT-IR, H-1 NMR and C-13 NMR spectroscopy, and the molecular structure of compound 3c was also determined by X-ray crystallography. These ruthenium complexes were tested for the alkylation of aromatic amines with a wide range of primary alcohols under solvent-free conditions using the hydrogen borrowing strategy. All of the compounds tested here showed excellent catalytic activity for these reactions and N-monoalkylated products were obtained selectively using 2.5 mol% of the ruthenium complexes. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessRu-N-heterocyclic carbene complexX-ray crystallographyBorrowing hydrogenation reactionAlkylation of amineArticle17510.1016/j.poly.2019.1142342-s2.0-85075335237Q2WOS:000504781100040Q2