Ruthenium(<scp>ii</scp>) arene complexes bearing simple dioxime ligands: effective catalysts for the one-pot transfer hydrogenation/N-methylation of nitroarenes with methanol

Ruthenium(ii) η6-arene complexes with easily-available dioxime ligands are efficient catalytic precursors for the selective reduction/N-methylation of aromatic nitrocompounds with methanol.