Ruthenium catalysed oxidation of alkanes with alkylhydroperoxides

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Author(s)

  • Tai-Chu Lau
  • Chi-Ming Che
  • Wai-On Lee
  • Chung-Kwong Poon

Detail(s)

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1406-1407
Journal / PublicationJournal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
Issue number21
Publication statusPublished - 1988
Externally publishedYes

Abstract

The cis-[RuII(L)2(OH2)2] 2+ complexes (L = substituted 2,2′-bipyridines or 1,10-phenanthrolines) catalyse oxidation of saturated hydrocarbons to alcohols and ketones by t-butylhydroperoxide; the low values of kinetic isotope effect (kH/kD = 3.5 for cyclohexane) and tertiary of secondary C-H bond relative reactivities (ktert/ksec ca. 6.5 for adamantane) are in a range expected for hydrogen atom abstraction by radical species.

Citation Format(s)

Ruthenium catalysed oxidation of alkanes with alkylhydroperoxides. / Lau, Tai-Chu; Che, Chi-Ming; Lee, Wai-On et al.

In: Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, No. 21, 1988, p. 1406-1407.

Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews (RGC: 21, 22, 62)22_Publication in policy or professional journal