Ruthenium complexes in catalysis of carbonylation reactions of unsaturated compounds

This paper is dedicated to the issue of the catalysis of the carbonylation reactions of unsaturated compounds by the ruthenium complexes. The objective of the work was systematization of data about multiformity of the ruthenium complexes which shown the reactivity with reagents - participants of the carbonylation reactions. The literature search showed some works with detailed description of the investigations of ruthenium catalytic complexes participated in this reactions. Analyses of these works showed that ruthenium was an effective complexing agent giving complexes with N2, CO, organic phosphines, alkenes, alkynes, alcohols, dimethyl formamide and hydride ion. The searchers of the unsaturated compounds carbonylation catalyzed by the ruthenium complexes follows the hydride mechanism. It was determined that the ruthenium compounds can include hydrogene in forms Н- and Н+. In the literature the high reactivity of hydride ruthenium species was shown in the reactions with alkenes, alkynes and the high acidic compounds included oxygen (tertiary alcohols and phenols). The reserved data can be used for interpretation of results of investigations of the carbonylation reactions catalyzed by the ruthenium complexes, specifically in analyses of the mechanisms of these reactions.