Ruthenium-catalyzed oxidation of alkanes with tert-butyl hydroperoxide and peracetic acid

…, N Komiya, Y Oda, T Kuwabara, T Naota

Index: Murahashi; Komiya; Oda; Kuwabara; Naota Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2000 , vol. 65, # 26 p. 9186 - 9193

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Citation Number: 109

Abstract

The ruthenium-catalyzed oxidation of alkanes with tert-butyl hydroperoxide and peracetic acid gives the corresponding ketones and alcohols highly efficiently at room temperature. The former catalytic system, RuCl2 (PPh3) 3-t-BuOOH, is preferable to the oxidation of alkylated arenes to give aryl ketones. The latter system, Ru/C-CH3CO3H, is suitable especially for the synthesis of ketones and alcohols from alkanes. The ruthenium- ...