Catalytic epoxidation of cyclic vinylsilanes by ruthenium (II) complexes under aerobic conditions

A Srikanth, G Nagendrappa, S Chandrasekaran

Index: Srikanth, Abirami; Nagendrappa, Gopalpur; Chandrasekaran, Srinivasan Tetrahedron, 2003 , vol. 59, # 39 p. 7761 - 7765

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Abstract

Ruthenium complexes are good epoxidation catalysts, 4 which form high valent oxo-ruthenium species as active intermediates in the oxygen transfer process. Ruthenium complexes with nitrogen based ligands 5 have been extensively studied in recent years to develop new catalysts with better selectivity and several co-oxidants have been employed to get the best results. Clearly, the ideal oxidant would be molecular oxygen since it is least expensive and also ...