Guajardo, J.Ibañez, A.Guerchais, V.Vega, A.Moya, S.Aguirre, P.2019-12-132019-12-132018-11Acta Crystallographica Section C: Structural Chemistry Volume 74, Issue 11, November 2018, Pages 1547-15522053-2296DOI: 10.1107/S2053229618014201http://repositorio.unab.cl/xmlui/handle/ria/11478Indexación: Scopus.Funding for this research was provided by: Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico (grant No. 1160505); ECOS-CONICYT (grant No. C14E02).The reaction of 2-aminonicotinaldehyde with 2- or 4-methoxyacetophenone in basic media leads to the new ligands 2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-1,8-naphthyridine and 2-(2-methoxyphenyl)-1,8-naphthyridine, respectively, in high yield. The reaction of these naphthyridine derivatives with [RuCl 2 (CO) 2 ] n leads to the respective complexes cis-dicarbonyldichloridobis[2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-1,8-naphthyridine-κN 8 ]ruthenium(II) and cis-dicarbonyldichloridobis[2-(2-methoxyphenyl)-1,8-naphthyridine-κN 8 ]ruthenium(II), both [RuCl 2 (C 15 H 12 N 2 O) 2 (CO) 2 ], in good yield. Both ruthenium(II) complexes display a slightly distorted octahedron with two cis carbonyl, two cis chloride and two cis naphthyridine ligands, the latter coordinated in a monodentate fashion through the N atom in the 8-position. Both complexes exhibit a moderate catalytic activity in the hydrogen-transfer reaction from propan-2-ol to acetophenone in the presence of a base, with 100% selectivity. © International Union of Crystallography, 2018enCatalytic activityCrystal structureHydrogen-transfer reactionNaphthyridine ligandRuthenium(II)Artículo