Folasade Sama

Apr 5, 2024 | pubs.rsc.org | Rachel Doyle |Benson Kariuki |Natalie E. Pridmore |Folasade Sama

Backbone-Functionalised Ruthenium Diphosphine Complexes for Catalytic Upgrading of Ethanol and Methanol to iso-Butanol Efficient catalysts for Guerbet-type ethanol/methanol upgrading to iso-butanol have been developed via Michael addition of a variety of amines to ruthenium-coordinated dppen (1,1-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethylene). All catalysts produce over 50% iso-butanol yield with >90% selectivity in 2 h with catalyst 1 showing the best activity (74% yield after this time).