Аннотация:Ruthenium complex with chiral arene ligand [(camphor-arene)RuCl2]2 was synthesized by the reaction of RuCl3∙nH2O with the chiral diene, which was obtained from natural camphor in 3 steps. This complex catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of acetophenone (64-85% ee), but decomposed in the catalytic reactions involving C-H activation of 2-phenyl-pyridine or benzoic acid derivatives.