Organic Letters 2006-06-08

Acceptor-free alcohol dehydrogenation by recyclable ruthenium catalyst.

Won-Hee Kim, In Soo Park, Jaiwook Park

Index: Org. Lett. 8 , 2543, (2006)

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Abstract

An efficient oxidant-free oxidation for a wide range of alcohols was achieved by a recyclable ruthenium catalyst. The catalyst was prepared from readily available reagents by a one-pot synthesis through nanoparticle generation and gelation. [structure: see text]