TITLE:
Simple and Practical Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohols Catalyzed by a (μ-Oxo)tetraruthenium Cluster
AUTHORS:
Teruyuki Kondo, Yu Kimura, Takashi Kanda, Daisuke Takagi, Kenji Wada, Akio Toshimitsu
KEYWORDS:
Ruthenium, Cluster, Catalyst, Aerobic Oxidation, Alcohol
JOURNAL NAME:
Green and Sustainable Chemistry,
Vol.1 No.4,
November
16,
2011
ABSTRACT: A (μ-oxo)tetraruthenium cluster showed high catalytic activity for a simple and practical aerobic oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes and ketones under 1 atm of O2 or air. After the reaction, this cluster catalyst was re- covered from the reaction mixture, and we believe that this (μ-oxo)tetraruthenium cluster acts as an active catalytic species throughout the reaction.