Syntheses and Characterization of Chloro(Me2SO)ruthenium(II) Complexes with Tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine or <i>N</i>,<i>N</i>-Bis(2-pyridylmethyl)glycinate and Their Application for Catalytic Hydroxylation of Alkane

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Abstract The new ruthenium(II) complexes, [RuCl(Me2SO)(TPA)]X (X = Cl or PF6) and [Ru(BPG)Cl(Me2SO)] were prepared, and the catalytic activity for alkane hydroxylation using m-chloroperbenzoic acid was examined.2 Two geometrical isomers of the TPA complexes were isolated and showed marked difference in activity: the trans(Cl, Namino) isomer is the most active and selective catalyst toward the oxygenation of adamantane giving 1-adamantanol (75%) and 2-adamantanol (5%).