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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2020
Basf SE, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE;
Mathias Schelwies, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE;
Jonas Schwaben, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE;
Rocco Paciello, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE;
BASF SE, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE;
Abstract
Method for hydrogenating an ester with molecular hydrogen to the corresponding alcohols in the presence of a ruthenium complex (I), wherein said complex comprises a tridentate ligand L of the general formula (II) n and m are each independently 0 or 1, and the solid-dashed double lines represent a single or double bond, with the proviso that in the case of n=1 both solid-dashed double lines represent a single bond and m is 1, and in the case of n=0 one solid-dashed double line represents a single bond and the other solid-dashed double line represents a double bond, wherein in the case of a double bond on the side facing the phenyl ring m=1, in the case of a double bond on the side facing the pyridyl ring m=0, or both solid-dashed double lines represent a single bond and m is 1.