Perruthenate

Tetra-n-propylammoniurn Perruthenate (TPAP, nPr4N+ Ru04")... 

The perruthenate procedure (Entry 2) is also based on a general amine to imine oxidation. The iodosobenzene method (Entry 3) is an application of a... 

Ruthenium (IV) oxide [12036-10-1] M 133.1, d 6.97. Freed from nitrates by boiling in distilled water and filtering. A more complete purification is based on fusion in a KOH-KNO3 mix to form the soluble ruthenate and perruthenate salts. The melt is dissolved in water, and filtered, then acetone is added to reduce the ruthenates to the insoluble hydrate oxide which, after making a slurry with paper pulp, is filtered and ignited in air to form the anhydrous oxide [Campbell, Ortner and Anderson Anal Chem 33 58 1961]. 

Tetra-n-propylammonium perruthenate (TPAP, tetrapropyl tetraoxoruthenate) [114615-82-6] M 351.4, m 160"(dec). It is a strong oxidant and may explode on heating. It can be washed with aq n-propanol, then H2O and dried over KOH in a vac. It is stable at room temp but best stored in a refrigerator. It is sol in CH2CI2 and MeCN. [Dengel et al. Transition Met Chem 10 98 1985 Griffith et al. J Chem Soc, Chem Commun 1625 1987.] Polymer supported reagent is available commercially. 

A, A, A, A -tetramethylethylenediamine trimethyl orthoformate tetrapropylammonium perruthenate tetraphenylporphyrin sulfonated triphenylphosphine triisopropylbenzensulfonyl chloride triphenylcarbenium tetrafluoroborate tetrabutylammonium triphenylmethanethiolate toluenesulfonyl... 

Ley et al. reported oxidation of alcohols catalyzed by an ammonium perruthenate catalyst dissolved in [NEtJBr and [EMIM][PFg] [60]. Oxygen or N-methylmorpholine N-oxide is used as the oxidant and the authors describe easy product recovery by solvent extraction and mention the possibility of reusing the ionic catalyst solution. 

Tetramethylpiperidine tetra-n-Propylammonium perruthenate Tolyl Trityl... 

An alternative procedure for oxidation to ketones involves treatment of the alkylborane with a quaternary ammonium perruthenate salt and an amine oxide186 (see Entry 6 in Scheme 4.9). Use of dibromoborane-dimethyl sulfide for hydroboration of terminal alkenes, followed by hydrolysis and Cr(VI) oxidation gives carboxylic acids.187... 

Entries 5 to 7 are examples of oxidation of boranes to the carbonyl level. In Entry 5, chromic acid was used to obtain a ketone. Entry 6 shows 5 mol % tetrapropylam-monium perruthenate with Af-methylmorpholine-lV-oxide as the stoichiometric oxidant converting the borane directly to a ketone. Aldehydes were obtained from terminal alkenes using this reagent combination. Pyridinium chlorochromate (Entry 7) can also be used to obtain aldehydes. Entries 8 and 9 illustrate methods for amination of alkenes via boranes. Entries 10 and 11 illustrate the preparation of halides. 

As demonstrated by Hoffmann and coworkers, hydroformylation can also be combined with an allylboration and a second hydroformylation, which allows the formation of carbocycles and also heterocycles [213]. A good regioselectivity in favor of the linear aldehyde was obtained by use of the biphephos ligand [214]. Reaction of the allylboronate 6/2-76 having an B-configuration with CO/H2 in the presence of catalytic amounts of Rh(CO)2(acac) and biphephos led to the lactol 6/2-80 via 6/2-77-79 (Scheme 6/2.17). In a separate operation, 6/2-80 was oxidized to give the lactone 6/2-81 using tetrabutyl ammonium perruthenate/N-methylmorpholine N-oxide. 

A very mild oxidative transformation of nitro compounds into ketones using tetrapropylam-monium perruthenate (TPAP) has been developed. A stoichiometric amount of TPAP in the presence of A-methylmorpholine A-oxide (NMO) and 4 A molecular sieves (MS).18a As the reaction conditions are neutral and mild, this method is compatible with the presence of other sensitive functionalities (Eq. 6.11). This transformation can be carried out with 10 mol% of TPAP and 1.5 equiv of NMO in the presence of potassium carbonate, 4 A MS, and silver acetate (Eq. 6.12).18b... 

The second synthesis of crystalline 43 was reported by Mori as summarized in Scheme 62 [93]. The building block (4.R,5S)-A was prepared by an enzymatic process, while another building block C was synthesized via Sharpless asymmetric epoxidation. Coupling of A with C gave D, which was cyclized under Op-polzer s conditions to give crystalline E. When E was oxidized with Dess-Martin periodinane or tetra(n-propyl)ammonium perruthenate or Jones chromic acid, crystalline 43 was obtained. Swern oxidation or oxidation with 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1 -oxyl of E afforded only oily materials. Accordingly, oxidation of E to 43 must be executed extremely carefully. A synthesis of oily 43 was reported by Gil [94]. 

In order to optimize oxidation conditions of diethyl(2-methylpyrrolidine-2-yl) phosphonate into the corresponding nitrone, a comparative analysis of the action of various oxidants such as H2O2, m-CPBA, Oxone, 2-phenylsulfonyl-3-phenyl-oxaziridine (PSPO), DMD, and A-methylrnorpholine /V-oxide in the presence of a catalytic quantity of tetrapropylammonium perruthenate (NMO/TPAP) has been made (92). 

Hinzen B, Ley SV (1998) Synthesis of isoxazolidines using polymer supported perruthenate (PSP). J Chem Soc Perkin Trans 11-2... 

For example, whereas the solid oxidation catalyst MCM-41-entrapped perruthenate can be used for the conversion of benzyl alcohols only, a similarly perruthenated-doped amorphous ORMOSIL is equally well suited for a variety of different alcohol substrates.35 On the other hand, a uniform pore structure ensures access to the active centres, while in an amorphous material made of non-regular porosity hindered or even blocked sites can well exist (Figure 1.16), rendering the choice of the polycondensation conditions of paramount importance. 

Figure 1.16 Schematic and comparative illustrative of grafting (a) an amorphous silica gel and (b) an ordered MCM-41 silica materials. Entrapment of oxidation catalyst perruthenate inside the channels of MCM-41 silica (below) results in a shape-selective aerobic catalyst, which may not be desirable from the viewpoint of catalyst versatality (Reproduced from ref. 39, with permission.)...

Figure 5.1 The alcogels shown are ORMOSIL doped with the ruthenium species tetra-M-propylammonium perruthenate (TPAP). Upon a mild heat treatment these materials become more active than TPAP in solution.

R. Ciriminna and M. Pagliaro, Tailoring the Catalytic Performance of Sol-Gel-Encapsulated Tetra-n-propylammonium Perruthenate (TPAP) in Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohols, Chem. Eur. J., 2003, 9, 5067. 

Figure 8.4 Even if supported over solids of poor stability and limited applicability, such as (a) an organic resin, or better (b) inorganic-organic polymer FibreCat, the value of heterogenized perruthenate commercial catalysts is enhanced. 

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