Karaca E.Ö.Dehimat Z.I.Yaşar S.Gürbüz N.Tebbani D.Çetinkaya B.Özdemir İ.2021-05-032021-05-0320210020-16930020-1693https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2021.120294https://hdl.handle.net/11454/71411The reaction of [RuCl2(p-cymene)]2 with in situ prepared Ag-N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes yields a series of [RuCl2(p-cymene)(NHC)] complexes (2). All of the complexes have been characterised by elemental analysis, and 1H NMR and 13C NMR spectroscopies. These complexes have been tested for the N-alkylation of aromatic amines with arylmethyl alcohols under neat conditions in the presence of KOtBu at 120 °C. Compounds (2) are stable and have high catalytic/selective activity for the N-alkylation reactions of primary amines to afford secondary amines. © 2021 Elsevier B.V.en10.1016/j.ica.2021.120294info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessAmineHydrogen auto-transfer methodN-alkylationRu(II)-NHCArticle5202-s2.0-85103301858Q2