Ruthenium-catalyzed cytochrome P-450 type oxidation of alkanes with alkyl hydroperoxides

✍ Scribed by Shun-Ichi Murahashi; Yoshiaki Oda; Takeshi Naota; Toshiyuki Kuwabara

• Book ID: 104224847
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 265 KB
• Volume: 34
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(00)91779-9

✦ Synopsis

The ruthenium-catalyzed oxidation of alkanes with t-bulyl hydroperoxide under mild conditions gives the corresponding ketones and alcohols highly efficiently. Kinetic study revealed lhat tbe reaction involves hydrogen absIraction of oxcsuthenium species.