Abstract
A D4-symmetric chiral dioxoruthenium(VI) porphyrin can effect stoichiometric and catalytic enantioselective hydroxylation of benzylic C-H bonds to give enantioenriched aryl alcohols, the highest ee of 76% being attained in the catalytic oxidation of 4-ethyltoluene with 2,6-dichloropyridine N-oxide as terminal oxidant; the oxidations proceed via a rate-limiting H-atom abstraction to germinate a benzylic radical intermediate.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1791-1792 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Chemical Communications |
| Issue number | 18 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 21 Sept 1999 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Catalysis
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Ceramics and Composites
- General Chemistry
- Surfaces, Coatings and Films
- Metals and Alloys
- Materials Chemistry