Organometallics

Chemoselective Oxidation of Secondary Alcohols Using a Ruthenium Phenylindenyl Complex

S Manzini, CA Urbina-Blanco, SP Nolan

Index: Manzini, Simone; Urbina-Blanco, Cesar A.; Nolan, Steven P. Organometallics, 2013 , vol. 32, # 2 p. 660 - 664

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Citation Number: 19

Abstract

A straightforward catalytic alcohol oxidation procedure using the recently reported complex [RuCl (PPh3) 2 (3-phenylindenyl)](1) with KHMDS as cocatalyst, in acetone as the oxidant, is reported. Complex 1 shows remarkable chemoselectivity in oxidizing secondary alcohols to ketones.