Ruthenium porphyrin-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of terminal aryl alkenes to aldehydes by a tandem epoxidation-isomerization pathway

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 35, 2008, Pages 6638-6642

  Jiang, Gaoxi ^a   Chen, Jian ^a   Thu, Hung Yat ^b   Huang, Jie Sheng ^b   Zhu, Nianyong ^b   Che, Chi Ming ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Alkenes; Homogeneous catalysis; N ligands; Oxidation; Ruthenium

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; HYDROCARBONS; ISOMERIZATION; ISOMERS; OLEFINS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; PORPHYRINS; PORT TERMINALS; RUTHENIUM; VEGETATION;

1-ALKENES; AEROBIC OXIDATIONS; ALKENES; DIOXYGEN; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; N LIGANDS; RUTHENIUM PORPHYRIN;

CATALYTIC OXIDATION;

ALDEHYDE; ALKENE; EPOXIDE; OXYGEN; PORPHYRIN; RUTHENIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ISOMERISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

ALDEHYDES; ALKENES; CATALYSIS; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; ISOMERISM; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PORPHYRINS; RUTHENIUM;

EID: 52449104777     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200801500     Document Type: Article

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