Hydrocarbon Oxidation Catalyzed by [Ru(TDL)(XY)Z] Complexes (TDL = Tridentate Ligand; XY = Bidentate Ligand and Z = H2O or Halide)

• Published in: Catalysis Surveys from Asia Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 132 - 142
• Main Author: Chatterjee, Debabrata
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer US 01.06.2009; Springer
• Subjects: Catalysis; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Chemistry; Chemistry and Materials Science; Exact sciences and technology; General and physical chemistry; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering; Physical Chemistry; Theory of reactions, general kinetics. Catalysis. Nomenclature, chemical documentation, computer chemistry; Tridentate Schiff-base ligands; Tridentate polypyridyl ligands; Enantioselectivity; Alkene epoxidation; Ruthenium complex; Review; Oxidant; Precursor; Schiff base; Bidentate ligand; Alkene; Functionalization; Halides; Epoxidation; Oxidation; Platinoid; Tridentate ligand; Catalytic reaction; Ruthenium; Hydrocarbon; Transition metal; Substrate; Homogeneous reaction; Ethylenic compound; Catalyst
• ISSN: 1571-1013; 1574-9266
• DOI: 10.1007/s10563-009-9072-x

Mixed-chelate [Ru(TDL)(XY)Z] type complexes (TDL = tridentate ligand; XY = bidentate ligand and Z = H 2 O or halide) are known to perform hydrocarbon oxidation under ambient conditions. The subject of this review comprises the use of various tri-dentate polypyridyl and Schiff-base complexes of ruthenium as catalysts for performing oxo-functionalization of a number of organic substrates using various precursor oxidants. The catalytic ability and mechanistic details of such ruthenium based catalyst complexes in the oxidation of saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons under homogeneous reaction are systematically reviewed in this article highlighting the author’s own recent investigations on such catalytic systems.