Dehydrogenative oxidation of alcohols in aqueous media using water-soluble and reusable Cp* Ir catalysts bearing a functional bipyridine ligand

R Kawahara, K Fujita, R Yamaguchi

Index: Kawahara, Ryoko; Fujita, Ken-Ichi; Yamaguchi, Ryohei Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010 , vol. 132, # 43 p. 15108 - 15111

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Abstract

A new catalytic system for the dehydrogenative oxidation of alcohols using a water-soluble Cp* Ir complex bearing a bipyridine-based functional ligand as catalyst has been developed. With this catalytic system, a variety of primary and secondary alcohols have been efficiently converted to aldehydes and ketones, respectively, in aqueous media without using any oxidant. Reuse of the catalyst by a very simple procedure has been also ...