Sn, P-coordinated Ru cation: a robust catalyst for aerobic oxidations of benzylamine and benzyl alcohol

Michal Aman; Libor Dostál; Aleš Růžička; Jiří Tydlitát; Jens Beckmann; Jan Turek; Roman Jambor

doi:10.1039/d1cc06173a

Sn, P-coordinated Ru cation: a robust catalyst for aerobic oxidations of benzylamine and benzyl alcohol

Chem Commun (Camb). 2021 Dec 3;57(96):12992-12995. doi: 10.1039/d1cc06173a.

Authors

Michal Aman¹, Libor Dostál¹, Aleš Růžička¹, Jiří Tydlitát¹, Jens Beckmann², Jan Turek³, Roman Jambor¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry, University of Pardubice, 532 10 Pardubice, Czech Republic. roman.jambor@upce.cz.
² Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Kristallographie, Universität Bremen, Leobener Straße 7, 28359 Bremen, Germany.
³ Eenheid Algemene Chemie (ALGC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. jan.turek@vub.be.

PMID: 34796897
DOI: 10.1039/d1cc06173a

Abstract

A stable ionic κ²Sn,P-coordinated Ru complex shows excellent catalytic activity in aerobic oxidations of benzylamine and benzyl alcohol. This complex is stabilized by a stannylene-phosphine peri-substituted naphthalene ligand, which can act as either a reducing agent for a Ru(III) complex or as a κ²Sn,P-chelating ligand for Ru(II) compounds.