The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Mechanistic investigation of the oxidation of aromatic alkenes by monooxoruthenium (IV). Asymmetric alkene epoxidation by chiral monooxoruthenium (IV) complexes

WH Fung, WY Yu, CM Che

Index: Fung, Wai-Hong; Yu, Wing-Yiu; Che, Chi-Ming Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1998 , vol. 63, # 22 p. 7715 - 7726

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Abstract

The oxoruthenium (IV) complexes [RuIV (terpy)(6, 6'-Cl2-bpy) O](ClO4) 2 (1a; terpy= 2, 2': 6', 2''-terpyridine; 6, 6'-Cl2-bpy= 6, 6'-dichloro-2, 2'-bipyridine),[RuIV (terpy)(tmeda) O](ClO4) 2 (1b; tmeda= N, N, N', N'-tetramethylethylenediamine),[RuIV (Cn)(bpy) O](ClO4) 2 (1c; Cn= 1, 4, 7-trimethyl-1, 4, 7-triazacyclononane), and [RuIV (PPz*)(bpy) O](ClO4) 2 (1d; PPz*= 2, 6- bis [(4 S, 7 R)-7, 8, 8-trimethyl-4, 5, 6, 7-tetrahydro-4, 7-methanoindazol-2-yl] pyridine) are ...