Extremely efficient alkane oxidation by a new catalytic reagent H2O2/Os3 (CO) 12/pyridine

GB Shul'pin, YN Kozlov, LS Shul'pina…

Index: Shul'Pin, Georgiy B.; Shilov, Alexander E.; Suess-Fink, Georg Tetrahedron Letters, 2001 , vol. 42, # 41 p. 7253 - 7256

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Abstract

Compound Os3 (CO) 12 catalyzes alkane oxidation primarily to alkyl hydroperoxides by hydrogen peroxide in an acetonitrile solution at 60° C if pyridine is added in a low concentration. The turnover number (TON) attains 60 000, and the turnover frequency is 24