Am. Elhendawy et al., RUTHENIUM(II) AND RUTHENIUM(III) BIPYRIDINE COMPLEXES AND THEIR CATALYTIC-OXIDATION PROPERTIES FOR ORGANIC-COMPOUNDS, Polyhedron, 16(17), 1997, pp. 3039-3045
The new complexes [Ru-II(bpy)(2)L](PF6) and [Ru-III(bpy)(2)Cl-2]X (bpy
= 2,2'-bipyridine; HL = acetylacetone, trifluoroacetylacetone, hexafl
uoroacetylacetone, dibenzolymethane or tropolone; X = IO4 and PF6) hav
e been prepared and characterized by spectroscopic measurements and al
so investigated by cyclic voltammetry. They effectively catalyze the o
xidation of alcohols, 3,5-di-t-bulycatechol and alkane in the presence
of t-butyl hydroperoxide or N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide as co-oxidants
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