Novel and efficient isomerization of allylic alcohols promoted by a tetrapropylammonium perruthenate catalyst

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Index: Marko, Istvan E.; Gautier, Arnaud; Tsukazaki, Masao; Llobet, Antoni; Plantalech-Mir, Elena; Urch, Christopher J.; Brown, Stephen M. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 1999 , vol. 38, # 13-14 p. 1960 - 1962

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Abstract

Abstract In the absence of an oxidant, tetrapropylammonium perruthenate (TPAP) is reduced by 2-undecanol to a low-valent ruthenium species that efficiently catalyzes the isomerization of a wide range of allylic alcohols into the corresponding saturated carbonyl derivatives [Eq.(1)]. R 1, R 2, R 3, R 4= alkyl, aryl, H.