Alkenes, oxidative amination/amidation

Another ruthenium-catalyzed oxidation uses tetrapropylammonium permthenate (TRAP) [24]. Being a ruthenium(VII) oxide, the permthenate ion is a less powerful oxidant than rutheni-um(VIII) oxide and more functional groups are stable to the oxidation conditions, including alkenes, alkynes, amines, amides, benzyl, trityl and silyl ethers [24]. However, alcohols and lactols still undergo oxidations in high yield with W-methyl-morpholine A-oxide (NMO) as the stoichiometric oxidant. The reactions are usually carried out in dichloromethane, acetonitrile, or mixtures of both in the presence of molecular sieves [24]. 

Ruthenium-catalyzed Oxidation of Alkenes, Alcohols, Amines, Amides, P-Lactams, Phenols, and Hydrocarbons... 

Hosokawa, Murahashi, and coworkers demonstrated the ability of Pd" to catalyze the oxidative conjugate addition of amide and carbamate nucleophiles to electron-deficient alkenes (Eq. 42) [177]. Approximately 10 years later, Stahl and coworkers discovered that Pd-catalyzed oxidative amination of styrene proceeds with either Markovnikov or anti-Markovnikov regioselectivity. The preferred isomer is dictated by the presence or absence of a Bronsted base (e.g., triethylamine or acetate), respectively (Scheme 12) [178,179]. Both of these reaction classes employ O2 as the stoichiometric oxidant, but optimal conditions include a copper cocatalyst. More recently, Stahl and coworkers found that the oxidative amination of unactivated alkyl olefins proceeds most effectively in the absence of a copper cocatalyst (Eq. 43) [180]. In the presence of 5mol% CUCI2, significant alkene amination is observed, but the product consists of a complicated isomeric mixture arising from migration of the double bond into thermodynamically more stable internal positions. 

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