Kn. Mitra et al., RUTHENIUM(III)-PROMOTED OXIDATIVE DIMERIZATION OF ANILINE TO N-PHENYL-1,2-PHENYLENEDIIMINE - DEFINITIVE PROOF FOR THE TEMPLATE REACTION, Chemical communications, (14), 1997, pp. 1267-1268
Two novel examples of ruthenium-promoted oxidative ortho-dimerization
of aniline are described which demonstrate that the dimerization react
ion proceeds via coordination of anilines to the metal ion.